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KERAMIC ART OF JAPAN
by Audsley, George A. and James L. Bowes
- Used
- first
- Condition
- near Very Good binding
- Seller
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry Sotheran & Co, 1881. Full Leather. near Very Good binding. Quarto. xiv, 304 pp., plates. First edition. In publisher issued full red levant goatskin with stamping in gold on the front cover and titled and tooled in gold on the spine. Binding is stamp-signed by Sotheran on the front turn-in. A handsome binding on a stately work illustrated by 32 plates (many chromolithographs). Front hinge is just starting to separate, but holding well. Half title is chipped around the edges and laid in; the frontispiece (with contemporary gift inscription on the recto) must have detached at some point and was reinserted with the illustration facing forward rather than than the title page. All 32 plates present.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5570
- Title
- KERAMIC ART OF JAPAN
- Author
- Audsley, George A. and James L. Bowes
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - near Very Good binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Sotheran & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1881
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts, Crafts & Collectibles;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
Biblio member since 2011
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
About Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Goatskin
- Goatskin, leather made from goat, is durable and easy to dye. The original and finest examples of Morocco binding are goatskin....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
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