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What's New That's Old: Offbeat Collectibles
by Mebane, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 049806834X
- ISBN 13
- 9780498068348
- Seller
-
Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
South Brunswick and New York; London: A. S. Barnes; Thomas Yoseloff Ltd, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9. A. S. Barnes; Thomas Yoseloff Ltd, 1980. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Jacket. Monotone illustrations throughout. Binding of gray cloth black titled on spine, very clean, no markings, light wear to lower edge and spine heel; tight and solid sewn binding. Interior very clean and completely unmarked. Clean jacket is rubbed, enough so black is whitish in places, light to moderate wear to edges and corners, not price clipped. Mebane answers the question: Why specific articles made and used in the 19th and early 20th centuries are destined to become antiques in the future? Scores of intriguing articles described, with pictures, and many with values, and the reader may find ways in which to learn to recognize collectibles. 337 pages, indexed with bibliography. 10 x 7 inches. A. S. Barnes; Thomas Yoseloff Ltd, South Brunswick and New York; London, 1970.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014979
- Title
- What's New That's Old: Offbeat Collectibles
- Author
- Mebane, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 049806834X
- ISBN 13
- 9780498068348
- Publisher
- A. S. Barnes; Thomas Yoseloff Ltd
- Place of Publication
- South Brunswick and New York; London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 4to - over 9
- Keywords
- COLLECTING COLLECTIONS COLLECTIBLES ANTIQUES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- New
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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