Description:
Description of Content:
- The book, written in Spanish, with a multitude of advertising posters and propaganda of the period. It describes the railway routes from Madrid to Zaragoza, and from Madrid to Alicante.
- The book is profusely illustrated with photographs and advertisements containing drawings, texts, etc., which provide a visual aspect of the geography and customs of the 1930s.
- The photographs are, for the most part, inserted in the text, at the head and at the end of the sections.
Parts of Contents:
- Single volume. Spanish copy, with full text.
- Contains advertisements from the beginning to the end, plus there are also advertisements in the endpapers.
Book Description:
- Sewn binding of regular execution, with guillotined cuts, from the First Half of the 20th Century.
- Text and Illustrations in single-colour black printing, some of them in colour, very good ink, with good stamping, well centred and with good margins.
- Book printed on white paper and white glossy paper, of medium thickness and good quality.
- Some advertisements are in colour on white glossy paper.
- Hard covers in full red publisher's cloth, and smooth spine in full red publisher's cloth, good quality.
- Covers have rubbing and creasing, some stains, but very little deterioration.
- Front and back covers are embossed.
- Cover is stamped in gilt 'Libro de oro de M.Z.A. - 1932-1933'. No dust jacket.
- Stamped on back cover: Louit advertisement.
- Smooth spine of full red publisher's cloth.
Conservation and Damage:
- General Condition: Very Good.
- Sewn binding in good condition.
- The upper edge has three light and small stains. With minimal soiling and very well preserved.
- Text pages are in good condition with no tears or stains.
- The first and second pages have a bent corner.
- 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 spine is slightly worn.
- The book shows wear typical of it’s age.
Comments:
- Both the measurements and the weight are approximate.
- Very interesting as a collector's item and as a decorative element.
- The tones of the colours in the photos do not match the tones of the real colours.
- The object for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of the object.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.
3995 - GOLDEN BOOK OF M.Z.A. 1932-1933 OF THE RAILWAY COMPANY FROM MADRID TO ZARAGOZA AND ALICANTE.