MEMOIRS OF BENVENUTO CELLINI A FLORENTINE ARTIST
by WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
GREAT BRITAIN: J. M. DENT & SONS, 1923 Book. Good. Leather Bound. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Brown leather with four raised bands on the spine and elaborate gilt bordering to the front and rear (with a gilt spine title and decorative endpapers). The outer spine joints are cracked and there are two small leather chips near the bottom of the spine edge and rubbing to the extremities. Secure inner binding with clean pages. About 6-3/4 x 4-1/4 with 509 pp. plus one. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rose City Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111029931
- Title
- MEMOIRS OF BENVENUTO CELLINI A FLORENTINE ARTIST
- Author
- WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- J. M. DENT & SONS
- Place of Publication
- GREAT BRITAIN
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Terms of Sale
Rose City Books
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About the Seller
Rose City Books
Biblio member since 2004
Portland, Oregon
About Rose City Books
Rose City Books is an independent, antiquarian bookseller and publisher, located in Portland, Oregon (The City of Roses); specializing in rare and hard-to-find books, magazines, and vintage sheet music. Serving a world of literary enthusiasts from the beautiful, Pacific Northwest.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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