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The Dictionary of Victorian Painters
by Christopher Wood
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Suffolk: Antique Collectors Club Ltd., 1991. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 11" by 8.5". None. An uncommon edition of The Dictionary of Victorian Painters, volume IV of the 'Dictionary of British Art' series. Written by Christopher Wood, this exhaustive catalogue lists artists alphabetically, and contains information on both their work and lives. The final 227 pages are photographic plates, acting as reproduction of artists' work. In cloth binding with gilt detailing and original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally very smart, there is some wear to the boards and minor rubbing to extremities. The dustwrapper has some chipping and creasing to to the extremities, as well as a small mark and the remnants of a small sticker to flyleaf. Internally, the pages are firmly bound and are bright and clean throughout. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN26-B-13
- Title
- The Dictionary of Victorian Painters
- Author
- Christopher Wood
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Antique Collectors Club Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Suffolk
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 11" by 8.5"
- Keywords
- Christopher Wood Victorian Art Pre Raphelite Victorian DIctionary Painters
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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