Description:
- The Book, written in Spanish, is a humorous literary novel dealing with such versatile subjects as personal and public grooming, the history of the four-toilet and the W.C.
- The book is profusely illustrated, both with drawings and illustrations, providing a visual aspect of the history of the toilet.
Parts of Contents:
- Single volume. English copy, with full text.
- Flyleaf. Title page. Title page. Title page. Legal page. Dedication. Preliminary gloss. Preface. Acknowledgements. Eighteen chapters. Bibliography. Table of contents. Title page.
Description of the book:
- Sewn binding of very good execution, with guillotined cuts, without beards, from the Second Half of the 20th Century.
- Text and illustrations in single-colour black printing, very good ink, with good stamping, well centred and with good margins.
- Book printed on bone-coloured paper, of medium thickness and good quality.
- Hard covers and spine in full red editorial cloth, of good quality. No dust jacket.
- Spine is stamped in gilt 'Wright. Neat and decent'.
Conservation and Damage:
- General Condition: Very Good.
- Sewn binding in very good condition.
- Cuts very well preserved and with minimal soiling.
- Text pages are in good condition, with no tears or stains.
- The tips are slightly deteriorated with light creases and folds.
- The book has not suffered external aggressions such as humidity, insect attacks, rodents, etc.
- The book shows wear and tear typical of it's age.
Comments:
- Both the Measurements, as well as the Weight, are approximate.
- The tones of the colours of the photos are not equal to the tones of the real colours.
- The book for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of the book.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.
4084 - BOOK NEAT AND DECENT. HISTORY OF THE BATHROOM. 1962