Asheville, North Carolina: Biltmore Company, 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 119 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in burgundy cloth with a faux leather spine. The binding shows minimal rubbing. Housed in a burgundy cloth covered slipcase. The slipcase shows moderate wear with some scuffing on the rear panel and is quite sturdy with no splitting edges. (No dust jacket; our "Jacket Condition" pertains to the slipcase). Illustrated throughout.

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Bookseller: Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 045416
Title: A Guide to Biltmore Estate (In Slipcase)
Author: Carley, Rachel
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 1885378009
ISBN 13: 9781885378002
Publisher: Biltmore Company
Place of Publication: Asheville, North Carolina
Date Published: 2003
Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Keywords: 2003; Biltmore Estate; Asheville; North Carolina; Guidebook; Castles; Mountains; Vanderbilt; Slipcase; Box; Boxed; Architecture; Architectural; History; Homes; HIstoric; Mansion.
Bookseller catalogs: North Carolina; Architecture;
X weight: 2.9 lb

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About Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.

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Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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....