AIVAZOVSKY by Novouspensky, Nikolai
- Bookseller: Ravenswood Books
(CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 9631
- Format: Softcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Quantity available: 1
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Paperback
- ISBN 10: 0330263048
- ISBN 13: 9780330263047
- Publisher: Pan Books
- Place: London
- Date published: 1980
Description
London: Pan Books. Very Good 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Compiled and introduced by Novouspensky. Translated by Richard Ware. Light edge & corner wear, some corner curling. Some rubbing & creasing to spine and small tears spine bottom. Internal pages clean & unmarked. 105 Stunning colour plates throughout. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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.
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