- Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 4034
- Format: Cloth
- Book condition: Very GoodVery Good in Very Good - DJ
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Editions du Message.
- Place: Berne
- Date published: 1961
Book Description
Berne: Editions du Message.. 1961. Cloth. Very GoodVery Good in Very Good - DJ. 4to. 148pp. Profusely illustrated with tipped in color plates. Gray cloth, gilt, front cover with a mounted color plate. D.j. (a bit soiled). Edges of covers with some light foxing.
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DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
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.
plate : Full page illustration or photograph. 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.
tipped in : used to describe something which has been glued into a book, for example a bookplate.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
