- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 2251
- Format: Staplebound Glossy Pictorial Wraps
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Rago and Cohen
- Place: Pasadena, CA
- Date published: 1990
Book Description
Pasadena, CA: Rago and Cohen, 1990. First Edition. Staplebound Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Light shelf wear, minimal rubbing to front, several items marked in ink, else tight, bright and unmarred. 4to. 48pp. Lot 296. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Bid sheet laid in.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
pictorial wraps : Indicates that the covers of a paperback are decorated with a pitcure of some sort.
4to : Or 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.
laid in : something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
