University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln NE, 1987. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 127 pages. Hardcover, bound in purple cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. Text in English. Spine of jacket is sunned, with associated light sunning to edges of boards. Some shelfwear to the edges of the jacket, with faint beginnings of foxing/spotting on the end papers. Else, the binding is tight and secure, with no observable markings to the interior. Translated by Mary Ann Caws, the pre-eminent scholar and translator of many French Surrealist texts. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs by Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassai, Dora Maar, Max Ernst, and others..

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Bookseller: Exquisite Corpse, Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 021830
Title: Mad Love (L'Amour fou)
Author: Andre Breton
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
ISBN 10: 0803212003
ISBN 13: 9780803212008
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln NE
Place of Publication: Lincoln And London
Date Published: 1987
Bookseller catalogs: Art: Surrealism; Fiction;

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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...
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...