Thoughts About Art
by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1885. Hardcover. 12mo; G; reddish brown spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth exterior shows modest rubbing wear; spine has darkened slightly due to handling and age; sturdy, straight boards; minor chips to spine edges; other slight rubbing to edges; decorative blind-stamped borders and designs to exterior; textblock exterior edges have age toned; partial defect to front hinge; previous owner's name to fep; slight chipping to tail edge to half title and title pages; one or two tiny spots to few pages; light pencil to few pages; otherwise interior pages good; pp 383; arts- Criticism. 1351227. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1351227
- Title
- Thoughts About Art
- Author
- Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1885
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...