- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 2268
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Scalo
- Place: Zurich
- Date published: 1997
Book Description
Zurich: Scalo, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Bottom corners very gently bumped, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Black paper boards, grey ink label, inverted black lettering, black endpages, frontispiece. 4to. 335pp. Illus. (b/w plates). A very handsome copy of this unusual collection of images.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
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.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
