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Lectures on Architecture and Painting, Delivered at Edinburgh, in November, 1853
by Ruskin, John
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Wiley, 1854. First American edition, 1854. With 15 plates from sketches drawn by the author. Greenish brown textured cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fair condition with chipped spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, age-toned and foxed pages and plates, three different names on front endpapers with dates of 1910, 1932 and 1945.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037170
- Title
- Lectures on Architecture and Painting, Delivered at Edinburgh, in November, 1853
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- John Wiley
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1854
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ARCHITECTURE SKETCH DRAWING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts - Fine, Decorative, Antiques, Performing Arts; Architecture, Engineering & Building Trades;
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Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....