- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 005479
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Milano Edizioni Del Milione 1945.
Book Description
Milano Edizioni Del Milione 1945.. First edition. 4to, 1/4 cloth, boards, 75 pp. with 75 plates and index. VG+, no jacket, spine faded lightly, tips mildly bumped, bit of soil to binding. Some plates in color. Italian text.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a 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.
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
