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Sotheby's: The Wardington Library: Incunabula and the Wardington Hours. London, 5 December 2006 [Sale L06414]
by Sotheby's
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Sotheby's , 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, quarto size volume bound in red cloth with color pictorial paste-down on front cover. 124 pages. Auction catalog containing 43 lots, richly illustrated with color photographs, full textual descriptions and price estimates. Absentee bidder page extant. First edition. The third and last sale held by Sotheby's dispersing the Wardington Library. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Fine. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020810
- Title
- Sotheby's: The Wardington Library: Incunabula and the Wardington Hours. London, 5 December 2006 [Sale L06414]
- Author
- Sotheby's
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sotheby's
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Auction Catalog, Books About Books, Early Printed Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books About Books;
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Quarto
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- First Edition
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- New
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