Quilts in America
by Orlofsky, Patsy; Orlofsky, Myron
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0070477256
- ISBN 13
- 9780070477254
- Seller
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Skyway, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, 1974. Heavy book: NO international orders. Trade edition hard cover with dust jacket, VG/VG. Crisp, tight, clean and unmarked copy showing light use and handling. Jacket is rubbed at corners, price clipped and has a small chip at spine. 368pp., index, illustrated, extensive bibliography. An important history of quilts, the Orlofskys traced American quilts from the oldest known surviving pieced quilt, made about 1704 to the work of contemporary quilters. More than history, this book offers guidelines to help identify and date quilts.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.
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- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15610
- Title
- Quilts in America
- Author
- Orlofsky, Patsy; Orlofsky, Myron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0070477256
- ISBN 13
- 9780070477254
- Publisher
- Mcgraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 4to - over 9" - 12" Ta
- Keywords
- COVERLETS QUILTING CRAFTS HOBBIES QUILTS History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Quilts;
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
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- First Edition
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