Christo
by Christo; Bourdon, David (text by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Very light scratches to jacket with a 1" open tear along the width of the tail of the s/near fine
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1972. Hardcover. Near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Very light scratches to jacket with a 1" open tear along the width of the tail of the spine; paste down pages are discolored from chemical reaction with Dj flaps; else tight copy; cloth is clean with very few barely noticeable foxing stains to bottom edge and more visible stains to top edge; boards are free of bumps; pages are very lightly sunned along the edges else they are bright, clean, crisp and free of creases & marks; binding is tight and square. A gently loved copy./near fine. Quarto in offwhite cloth in silver and clear dust jacket; illus.; 321 pp., 28 x 30 cm. **A large, heavy book. Shipping at cost.**.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85014
- Title
- Christo
- Author
- Christo; Bourdon, David (text by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Very light scratches to jacket with a 1" open tear along the width of the tail of the s
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
Biblio member since 2005
Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...