- Bookseller: Hoffman Books
- Seller Inventory #: 33766
- Book condition: VG
Book Description
VG. Payot, Paris, 1942. 360 pages 32 plates, in wrappers, unopened. Spine a bit worn, else very good condition. .
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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.
wrappers : Paperback or softbound. Also, wraps.
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.
unopened : A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional method for printing and binding books in which a large sheet of paper was printed with several pages, folded, and bound into the book. . Sometimes inappropriately called uncut