- Bookseller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
- Seller Inventory #: 30825
- Book condition: g
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Cornhill Publishing Company
- Place: Boston
- Date published: [1922]
Book Description
Boston The Cornhill Publishing Company [1922] First edition g Quarto. 302pp. Uncut. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Color frontispiece protected with a tissue guard. This work is a captivating survey of Indian art, from the oldest times to the late 18th century. It is profusely illustrated with 32 half-tone plates and numerous b/w in-text illustrations. Moderate rubbing along edges. Front hinge starting. Free front endpaper missing. Minor age toning along paper margin. Binding in overall good-, interior in good+ to very good condition.
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rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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. Also known as the back.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
quarto : A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
