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Oriental Art: Ceramics, Fabrics, Carpets
by R. Koechlin, G. Migeon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stunning Book, text in French, English and German 20 pages of text followed by more than 100 color plates illustrating Oriental Art: Ceramics, Fabrics and Carpets, each plate has titled tissue guard with explanation of each plate. Beautiful high quality photographs and printing. Detailed and comprehensive work. Book is called Very Good Plus but really closer to near Fine, previous owner tasteful bookplate on front paste down with a bit of foxing on first free page, top edge and fore edge has light foxing, plates and text are Fine. Jacket is called Very Good Plus but closer to near Fine, a hint of edge toning and spine has light wear to head and lightly toned, a couple of small tears but no loss, shows nicely in a new mylar sleeve. Book is 11.75 inches in height by 7.25 inches in width. Ultra clean green cloth with bright gilt titles to spine, scarce tile in much better condition than usually found. Most presentable. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002701
- Title
- Oriental Art: Ceramics, Fabrics, Carpets
- Author
- R. Koechlin, G. Migeon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Oriental Art, Oriental Ceramics, Oriental Fabrics, Oriental Carpets
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Jacket
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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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