Guide to Paris and Environs
- Bookseller: High Barn Books
(GB)
- Seller Inventory #: 22996
- Format: Hardback.
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Ward Lock and Co. Limited
- Date published:
- Pages: 224 pp
Description
Ward Lock and Co. Limited , . Hardback. . VG+ hardback, no dustwrapper. Casing is lightly sunned, esp. to spine otherwise a clean, bright and tight book. 12mo in red cloth with black lettering and design. 70 illustrations and may maps and plans.
dustwrapper : 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.
12mo : An abbreviation for duodecimo, a book size describing a book which is approximately 7 by 4.5 inches.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
e.p. : When used to describe a book, the endpaper(s), The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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