Famous Paintings by Chase, Alice Elizabeth
- Bookseller: Greenberry House
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 002196
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Fair
- Edition: Not Stated
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Platt and Munk Company, Inc.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1951
Description
New York: The Platt and Munk Company, Inc., 1951. 104 pages plus list of works and owners. Illustrated with black and white reproductions of fine art and color plates. An introduction to art for young people, with several works illustrating different subjects. Red cloth binding with full cover illustrated pastedown on front cover with pink and black lettering and gilt lettering on spine. Edges of cover a little faded, slight bumping of corners, spine seems a little faded, interior pages tanned with a few spots, former owner's name on front free endpaper with inscription. Illustrated jacket with pink and black lettering and a list of famous paintings reproduced in color in the volume has some edge wear, closed tears in top and bottom edge of front cover and larger tear at top of spine, chips out of edge of back cover, browning to back cover of jacket, spine and inner folds, closed tear at bottom of back jacket.. Not Stated. Original Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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.
bumping : 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.
front free endpaper : The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book. It may be plain or decorative.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
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.
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.
closed tear : A tear in which no material has been lost.
Closed tears : Tears in which no material has been lost.
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