The Excavation of Masada 1963/64 Preliminary Report by Yadin, Yigael
- Bookseller: High Barn Books
 (GB)
- Seller Inventory #: 10519
- Format: Hardback.
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Israel Exploration Society
- Date published: 1965
- Pages: 120 pp + 24 pages plates
Description
Israel Exploration Society , 1965 . Hardback. . VG++ hardback in VG++ DW (light corner-wear and small closed tear at top of spine). Small 4to beige marbled boards with brown cloth spine. Illus with 24 pages of b and w plates and a fold-out map.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
Marbled boards : A hardcover book with a decorative, multi-colored paper on the outside covering.
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
closed tear : A tear in which no material has been lost.
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