Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archaeology, and in Science
de KUNZ, GEORGE FREDERICK
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- Librería
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1916. 527pp w/2 folding plates ans 2 folding maps - profusely illustrated throughout on plates and in the text; original cream buckram with pictorial paste-down on upper cover and pictorial label on spine (a small chip at the top). The scarcest of Kunz's major works along with his treatise on pearls. Chapters on evolution and development of the elephant, on elephant hunting and on the art and commerce of ivory carving. Touches on all aspects of ivory collecting, commerce and art. Text clean. Excellent condition. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Librería
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 011133
- Título
- Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archaeology, and in Science
- Autor
- KUNZ, GEORGE FREDERICK
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Doubleday, Page & Co
- Lugar de publicación
- Garden City, New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1916
- Palabras clave
- Elephants, Ivory
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Art; Nature; Africa; Asia;
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
