Secaucus, NJ: Wellfleet Press, 1985. Hardcover. Good/Good. GOOD/GOOD. Spine slightly cocked, head and heel of spine bumped and heavily rubbed, binding pulled at head from weight of text block, top edge dusty. Jacket sunned, mildly scuffed and pitted, bumped and lightly chipped at head and heel of spine and folds. 400 pp., 567 color plates. Page numbering suggest some leaves are missing at front, though this is not visible at gutters; after front free endpaper, title page is present, then Table of Contents (p. 19). Size: Large 4to

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Bookseller: Maya Jones Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 291610
Title: Treasures of Islam
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 1555215149
ISBN 13: 9781555215149
Publisher: Wellfleet Press
Place of Publication: Secaucus, NJ
Date Published: 1985

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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....
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...
Heel: The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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....
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...