- Seller Inventory #: 73131
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Fine
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: The National Gallery
- Place: London
- Date published: 1986
London: The National Gallery, 1986. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Softcover in illustrated wraps. 4to. First printing. As new condition, crisp and clean. Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show at the National Gallery, London, in fall 1986. Plates are in black and white and color. Text is in English. 239 pp.
wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.
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.
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
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.
As New : "the book is in the same immaculate condition in which it was published. There can be no defects, no missing pages, no library stamps, etc., and the dust jacket (if it was issued with one) must be perfect without any tears." Condition definition from AB Bookman's Weekly.
