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Fabulous New Orleans by Saxon, Lyle
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New York: : The Century Co., , [1930]. Fifth printing. 4to,. Illustrated with plates by E.H. Suydam. cloth with pictorial pastedown. board edges bumped, inscription to half title, else very good. Information on the history of New Orleans including Mardi Gras, the architecture, voodoo etc.
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.
half title : The leaf which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at times, the author's name and/or other information may appear.
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.
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.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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