The World of Henri-Cartier Bresson
by Cartier-Bresson, Henri
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large oblong quarto, mustard yellow cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 216 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, by the modern French master of informal photography. A tight, clean, crisp volume with short gift inscription on ffep else unmarked and fine in the gold and black dust jacket, tight, clean, glossy with lower front edge rolled and a couple short inconspicuously tape repaired edge tears . Near fine in very good plus dust jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 08396
- Title
- The World of Henri-Cartier Bresson
- Author
- Cartier-Bresson, Henri
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- CARTIER-BRESSON, BRESSON, FRANCE, FRENCH, LANDSCAPE, PORTRAIT, CASUAL, INFORMAL, PHOTOGRAPH, PHOTOGRAPHER, PHOTOGRAPHY, CLASSIC, ARTIST, ART, PARIS,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- 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...
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