Faces of Our Time by Karsh, Yousuf
- Bookseller: Books For Change
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: A.AAC.11.SPL
- Format: Hard Cover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Good
- Quantity available: 1
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0802017711
- ISBN 13: 9780802017710
- Publisher: University of Toronto Press
- Place: Toronto
- Date published: 1971
- Pages: 202
Description
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Very good in blue cloth, with light sunning to top edge, and tiny tear at one corner, exposing boards. SIGNED by the author in ink to the front free endpaper. Jacket is intact, but heavily worn, with numerous points of chipping and rubbing, and thin strip of waterstaining to front jacket hinge (does not affect boards). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
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.
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