- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 2901
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Nasza Ksiegarnia
- Place: Warsaw
- Date published: 1959
Book Description
Warsaw: Nasza Ksiegarnia, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear, spine slightly sunned, touch of dust staining to top of text block, corners very gently bumped, gift inscriptions on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Yellow cloth boards, in blind lettering, pictorial endpages. 4to. np. Illus. (b/w plates). Text in Polish. An absolutely exeptional collection of close up insect images. Gift inscription from Jan Michejola to noted Harvard entomologist, Carroll Williams. Overall, a very presentable copy.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
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.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
