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Giotto, And His Works In Padua
by John Ruskin
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George Allen, Sunnyside, Orpington, 1900. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1900. No Edition Remarks. 213 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages are rough cut. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed, with a pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Text block overall is slightly crinkled, with a few small nicks and creases along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Plates are bright and clear, with slight tanning to edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a subtle forward lean. Water marks on front board, with drops on other surfaces.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1689244172ADA
- Title
- Giotto, And His Works In Padua
- Author
- John Ruskin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Allen, Sunnyside, Orpington
- Date Published
- 1900
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....