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Worlds in a Small Room
by Penn, Irving
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good -/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0140055657
- ISBN 13
- 9780140055658
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1980. 96pp. Original pictorial wraps. Originally published in 1974 by Grossman Publishers, New York. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but yellowing with age. Hinges are a bit loose (and glue is showing) but still secure. Inner text block is tight with no cracks or breaks. Covers are lightly scuffed/modeately sunned with some minor finger soiling. Shelfwear (nicking to head of spine, corners rubbed). This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Using a portable studio in remote locations, Irving Penn is able to capture cultures like the Kirdi of Cameroon, Nepal, Morocco, Dahomey, Crete and New Guinea. He also captured the people of New York, Paris, London, San Franscisco, and Cuzco. Nice reading copy. . Reprint, Collectible. Oversized Softcover. Good -/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- after-words bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016132
- Title
- Worlds in a Small Room
- Author
- Penn, Irving
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good -
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- Reprint, Collectible
- ISBN 10
- 0140055657
- ISBN 13
- 9780140055658
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Photography Portrairs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
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