- Seller Inventory #: 9412
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Paris: Nouvel Office D'Edition, copyright 1967
Paris: Nouvel Office D'Edition, copyright 1967. Folio (12.25 in. by 10.5 in.); 90 tipped-in plates; text in French language; good hardcover; good dust jacket; torn, chipped dust jacket edges; rubbed book corners; cracked text block at rear pastedown endpaper; loose rear hinge; age-toned pages..
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
age-toned : Used to describe a light brown or tan color that paper can sometimes assume as a result of age.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
cracked : In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate, revealing the stitching or binding underneath.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
folio : a large book size, generally 15" in height or larger.
tipped-in : used to describe something which has been glued into a book, for example a bookplate.
