- Seller Inventory #: 037192
- Format: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: George Routledge
- Place: London
- Date published: 1940
- Keywords: Photography; NOISBN
George Routledge, London, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Very Good. Light wear at edges of cloth boards, slight age toning - jacket chipped at edges with a bit of loss at corners and a few short tears, one longer near spine - generally intact and very attractive. Scarce in jacket. 49 single page plates - (1-48 with plate 12 repeated). Everard's fifth book of nudes, a collection of outdoor studies. Size: Quarto (4to). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Photography; Inventory No: 037192. .
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.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
