MUSEUM PIECE OR THE EDUCATION OF AN ICONOGRAPHER
by James Laver:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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theberton suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Andre Deutsch London 1963 Vg/Fair ( clean dj with large area of loss bottom of front cover and tear top edge, clean blue cloth with bright gilt lettering and decoration on red panel on spine,a very good square clean bright copy with contents unmarked, light speckling outside edges) octavo 256pp. Autobiography of writer who was keeper at the Victoria and Albert Museum for 37 years, authority on costume, and friend of the stars. B/w frontis and 12 b/w plates.
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- Bookseller
- lobstabooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22269
- Title
- MUSEUM PIECE OR THE EDUCATION OF AN ICONOGRAPHER
- Author
- James Laver:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch London 1963
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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....
- 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...
- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...