- Seller Inventory #: 08585
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: Diego Rivera
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Editorial "CULTURA"
- Place: Mexico
- Date published: 1935
- Keywords: Maya, Mexico, Folksongs, Mexican Folksongs, Diego Rivera, Art
Mexico: Editorial "CULTURA", 1935 Book block clean; slightly shaken at hinge. Two pages stained at top edge; covers rubbed with edges and corners bumped, scuffed and frayed; 3/4" piece of spine missing at top edge. lightly hand-soiled.. Paper Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Diego Rivera. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
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.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
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.
shaken : A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
