JAMAIS CONTENTS;
by Munari, Bruno
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Paris: Editions du Pre-aux-Clercs, 1946. Book. Fair. Hardcover. color printed pictorial boards; with list of published and forthcoming titles in the series.(12 p), illustrated with large colored drawings depicting 6 animals, each covering 2 pages, each with movable flaps, which can be lifted to reveal more text and illustrations., Text is in French, Series title, Livre-surprise, 1, Bruno Munari.one of the last surviving members of the futurist generation, He was an important contributor to Italian art and design for most of the 20th century. Munari was born in 1907 in Milan and he died in Milan in 1998.He authored 40-odd books, including futurist manifestoes , design manuals and children's books, and was widely read in many languages. CONDITION: covers are foxed and soiled, covers worn at edges, wear with loss along spine, scattered foxing throughout. ink name printed at fore edge of front cover and a former child owner? has given a name to each animal illustration and block printed the name at the fore edge of each of the 5 double-spread pages. A rare book in any condition. Size: Folio, (32 cm),.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1124352
- Title
- JAMAIS CONTENTS;
- Author
- Munari, Bruno
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Editions du Pre-aux-Clercs
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- ANIMALS -- JUVENILE FICTION., DREAMS FICTION.,LIFT-THE-FLAP BOOKS SPECIMENS., TOY AND MOVABLE SPECIMENS, LIFT-THE-FLAP
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Rare Books; Children's /Juvenile's;
Terms of Sale
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Returnable upon receipt with prior notification. If paying by check, please allow two weeks for clearance.
About the Seller
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller
Glossary
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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