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The Arthur Negus Guide to English Pottery and Porcelain (Copy2).
by Price, Bernard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG++/VG++
- ISBN 10
- 0600371654
- ISBN 13
- 9780600371656
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK* Edition: 1st.* Imp. 2nd.* Date of Publication:1980* Publisher: Hamlyn* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour photo illustrated jacket. Some minor shelf wear to head of spine, not price clipped but showing no shelf price. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers v.slightly faded at edges, clean, crisp, tight and bright. Owners adhesive address label to ffep. O/w no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: B/w & colour photos throughout with some b/w line drawings.* Pages: 172 pp. text. iv pp. glossary & index.* Description: An authoritative guide, by one of Britain?s most historically respected antiques authorities, to the world of English porcelain including a look at the factories, the influences on pottery from abroad etc.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. thus 2nd. imp. reduced to VG++ by minor faults.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 192
- Title
- The Arthur Negus Guide to English Pottery and Porcelain (Copy2).
- Author
- Price, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG++/VG++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edn. 2nd.Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0600371654
- ISBN 13
- 9780600371656
- Publisher
- Hamlyn
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 176
- Date Published
- 1980-01-01
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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