Racinet

1978 · rif. 029795 — New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. 1978. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in four 4 volumes uniformly bound in white cloth-effect paper covered boards lettered in black. All volumes present only slight handling wear but all are compromised to a certain degree by dampstaining. Exterior is mostly cosmetic with mild staining and/or minor paper residue limited to upper spine panels and upper cover areas adjacent to joints binding corners. All text blocks show darkening at top binding corner with mildew staining not active and/or paper adhesion issues at top corners of most plates mostly confined to margins but not entirely in a few instances also minor adhesion/tearing issues along binding gutter to a few plates affecting Vols. 1 and 2 mildly Vol. 3 moderately Vol. 4 minimally thus overall Good only. All plates are essentially intact with a few showing slight surface loss at top left corner only and thus this set is still quite useful as a reference or working copy -- or shudder for breaking and framing individual plates. Strand Book Store NYC price stickers mounted on front flyleaves of Vols. 2-4. Dust jackets show light shelf wear Vols. 2-4 with price clipped front flaps Vol. 3 with some wrinkling to portions of rear panel all in mylar. 132 108 128 108 pp. reproducing a total of 220 full page color plates 60 each in Vols. 1 and 3 50 each in Vols. 2 and 4. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. Hardcover