Icon painting: State Museum of Palekh Art (Russian and English Edition) Tapa dura - 1994

Very Good. In Russian and English. Shelf wear to dust jacket otherwise very good condition. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm. Actual book shown below.

Moscow: Progress Publishing Group. 151pp hardback, red cloth gilt in wrapper, well illustrated in colour, rear of wrapper scuffed/indented, very good in a good wrapper . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1994.

Moscow: Progress Publishing Group, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 151 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. PLEASE NOTE: The Preface is in English but the main body of the text at the back of the book is in Russian. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

Brand: Progress Publishing Group, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Moscow: Progress Publishing Group. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 5010044188 . Crease on jacket; Russian and English Edition; 65 color plates; 7.93 X 6.36 X 0.68 inches; 151 pages .

Moscow: Progress Publishing Group, 1994. Hardbound. VG+, bookplate and tiny sticker at base of spine. Red cloth with gilt embossed design and yellow color illustrated dustjacket. 151 pp., 115+ color plates, The State Museum of Palekh Art possesses a rich collection of Old Russian paintings and sculptures, iconographic drawings, early printed books, and objects of applied arts (precious frameworks, copper art castings, spinning-wheels, fabrics, etc). Traditional Palekh style of Russian folk painting is done with tempera paints on small items. Palekh is a town about 350 km east of Moscow. This book includes the most outstanding iconographic works executed between the 14th and 20th centuries. Ample annotation text and the essay are in Russian and English.

Moscow: Progress Publishing Group, 1994. Hard cover book and DJ, VG/VG. Gift sticker inside front cover. "The Order of Saint Ignatius of Antioch". Introduction in English, captions in Russian and English. 14 pages of text in Russian at rear. Color plates of Russian icons.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Progress Publishing Group. ** FOLIO-SIZED CLOTH-BOUND BOOK ** FINE HARDCOVER ** FINE DUSTJACKET ** CLEAN, STAIN-FREE, UNMARKED ** NUMEROUS FULL-PAGE COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS ** TEXT IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN ** Published by Progress Publishing Group, 1994, folio size (over 12 inches tall), full cloth binding, 151 pages, numerous full-page, full-color reproductions, pages of high-grade, coated, glossy paper. Only very slight, very occasional signs of any handling. Book has likely never been read. The book is quite clean and stain-free, square and straight, very firm and tight in its binding, no pages are loose, torn, or missing. Hinges are sound and undamged, corners sharp. All pages are clean and stain-free, bright and white, and all text and illustrations are crisp and legible. There is no writing, underlining, highlighting, or any other such markings in the book (gold foil gift sticker at top of blank front page). Dustjacket clean, stain-free, complete and intact, no tears, no pieces missing. Five-star… Leer más

Progress Publishing Group, 1994-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Moscow: Progress Publishing Group, 1994. Cloth. As New/As New. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Very large book, quality red cloth, orante gilt border and title in Russian on front, very bright gilt lettering on spine, yellow color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 151 very heavy glossy pages, double-column format for text, text in Russian in final section, Russian and English in captions and Preface. DJ mylar protected, glossy with yellow background, several color-illustrations on front, a color photo of town on back at top. DJ and book, both As New.