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Heirlooms in Miniatures Painting by Emily Drayton Taylor. with Numerous Reproductions of the Best Examples of Colonial, Revolutionary and Modern Miniature Painters
by Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. With Chapter on Miniature Painting by Emily Drayton Taylor. Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott, 1898. First Edition. xix,11-259pp, Index (complete). Yellow cloth decorated in gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Cloth slightly soiled, very good condition plus, no dj (issued?). Bookplate, Feb. 22, 1898 owner's inscription on ffep. Color frontis and 53 b&w plates (several with multiple portraits). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 259 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6909
- Title
- Heirlooms in Miniatures Painting by Emily Drayton Taylor. with Numerous Reproductions of the Best Examples of Colonial, Revolutionary and Modern Miniature Painters
- Author
- Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia & London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Miniatures, Colonial America, Portrait Miniatures
Terms of Sale
Dale A. Sorenson
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About the Seller
Dale A. Sorenson
Biblio member since 2015
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Dale A. Sorenson
Used and rare books of quality in all subjects.
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- Jacket
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- FFEP
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- Bookplate
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- Soiled
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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