Description:
Binding: Good quality stitched binding.
Red plastic soft covers of good execution.
Condition: Good.
Description of contents:
- The set of two Miniature Books consists of a 'Spanish - English Dictionary', and an 'English - Spanish Dictionary'. Both have an appendix with numerals.
Parts of each Miniature Book:
- Both volumes have 640 pages. Copies with the complete text.
- Parts of both volumes are: Title page. Title page. Legal page. Table of contents. Abbreviations. Vocabulary. Numerals. Guardian.
Description of each Miniature Book:
- Sewn binding, with untreated guillotined Cuts.
- Red plastic soft covers.
- Editorial printed front cover in gilt, with the titles 'Lilliput Langenscheidt's Lilliput Dictionary English - Spanish' and 'Langenscheidt's Lilliput Dictionary English - Spanish'. Both covers have the 'L' logo in the centre.
- Editorial printed spine in gilt, with the titles 'Spanish - English 224' and 'English - Spanish 223'.
- Medium thick, smooth, lightly boned white endpapers.
- White paper, slightly bone, of very thin thickness and good quality.
- Black single-colour printing, very good ink, with good stamping, and generally well centred and with good margins.
Preservation and damage:
- The Dictionaries are not a pair, so there are some differences between them.
- The condition of the 'Diccionario Español - Inglés' is good, with some fatigue from use, with the binding well sewn and in good condition.
- The condition of the 'English - Spanish Dictionary' is poor, with a lot of wear and tear, with the binding separated from the spine, and the stitching in a rather poor condition. It could be easily restored.
- Cuts poorly preserved, with rubbing and soiling.
- Text pages are in good condition, some with creases.
- Flyleaves have very marked glue used to adhere them to the covers.
- Gilt stamping on covers with a lot of wear.
- The books have not suffered external aggressions such as humidity, insect attacks, rodents, etc.
- The Miniature Books show wear and tear typical of their age.
Comments:
- The Measurements, as well as the Weight, are approximate.
- To take the photos of the Inside Pages, these have been held with tweezers.
- Miniature Books are ideal as collector's items, and are even very practical for use in certain circumstances.
- The colour tones of the photos are not exactly the same as the actual colour tones.
- The Miniature Books for sale are those that correspond to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of them.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.
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