The Concise Encyclopedia of Continental Pottery and Porcelain (First Edition)
by Haggar, Reginald G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1960. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on the spine, previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper, full color pictorial endpapers, endpaper slit at the gutter, numerous full color and black & white plates. Jacket is not price-clipped but has a couple of open tears and shows wear at the extems, now protected in brodart. Overall a VERY GOOD book in a GOOD MINUS dust jacket.. First Edition. Full Cloth. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008990
- Title
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Continental Pottery and Porcelain (First Edition)
- Author
- Haggar, Reginald G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hawthorn Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
Terms of Sale
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Saint Louis, Missouri
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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