The Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art: Treatment, Repair and Restoration
by H.J. Plenderleith
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Oxford University Press. Used - Very Good. Cloth, dj. Oxford University Press, 1957 reprint (first published 1956). xv + 373 pp. 55 plates, 11 figures. Moderate loss to price-clipped dj at spine ends, corners, and at spots along joints, now protected in acetate wrapper. Minor shelf wear to boards. Expected age-toning to text block, but text and images clean and bright. Former owner's bookplate on front paste down. Else a bright, clean copy. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SIN0017464
- Title
- The Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art: Treatment, Repair and Restoration
- Author
- H.J. Plenderleith
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
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Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....