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The Wares of The Ming Dynasty With One Hundred and Twenty Eight Illustrations (Eleven In Colour.)
by HOBSON, R.L.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1923 1st Ltd. 1030/1500 copies. (Art canvas.). Tall hardback, approx 11 x 9 inches. Grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine and small gilt design to front. In very good condition. Some rubbing to cloth on edges and corners. One small nick to cloth on top edge of front board. Endpapers cracked between hinges. Some tanning and minor foxing to endpapers. No penned inscriptions. Numbered at front. Some occasional minor handling marks, crease to bottom corner of pages between p35-50. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 240pp. 128 B&W photo illustrations on 59 plates bound at rear (all with annotated tissue guards.) 11 colour plates bound within text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94075
- Title
- The Wares of The Ming Dynasty With One Hundred and Twenty Eight Illustrations (Eleven In Colour.)
- Author
- HOBSON, R.L.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1923 1st Ltd. 1030/1500 copies. (Art canvas.)
- Keywords
- ANTIQUES Porcelain, Ming, China, Pottery, Ceramics, Limited Edition, Colour Plates, Illustrated
Terms of Sale
The Antique Map & Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
Biblio member since 2016
Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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.
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