Matto Grosso
by Waclaw Korabiewicz
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Jonathan Cape, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1954. First Edition. 238 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Heavier foxing and tanning to text block edges and binding is loose. Boards have moderate rubbing and heavy bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and visible sunning to spine. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and foxing. Notable sunning to spine and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends. Major foxing to flaps and interior.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1634801389IEV
- Title
- Matto Grosso
- Author
- Waclaw Korabiewicz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Date Published
- 1954
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Glossary
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...