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Nature and Ornament (Volumes 1 and 2)
by Day, Lewis F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Batsford, 1909. 2 volume set. Hard covers, 8vo. Vol 1- Nature and Ornament: Nature The Raw Material Of Design. Second Edition, Revised, published London: Batsford, 1929. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4", xv+126pp., illustrated throughout with b/w plates and reproductions. Dark green cloth with black titles and borders. Minor sun fade at the crown, previous owner bookplateand name, else near fine in very good dust jacket with minor loss at spine and tips. Vol 2 - Nature and Ornament: Ornament The Finished Product of Design. First edition. Published London: Batsford, 1909, first printing. 6 1/4" x 9", 284pp., plus 24pp. publisher's catalogue, illustrated throughout with plates and reproductions. Green cloth with white titles, patterned endpapers. Mild ex-library copy with Royal Society of Arts bookplate on pastedown, faint numerical marking at heel of spine, no other markings. Spine lettering darkened, else very good. . Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Seller
- The Wild Muse
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 010211
- Title
- Nature and Ornament (Volumes 1 and 2)
- Author
- Day, Lewis F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Batsford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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Returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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