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The City
by Masereel
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0805209026
- ISBN 13
- 9780805209020
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
U.S.A.: 1925Vil1988 Schocken Books, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Frans Masereel. handling marks; sticker residue the front cover; remainder mark bottom edge otherwise near fine. Images printed only recto. From the cover:"First published in Germany in 1925, THE CITY is a portrait of urban Europe between the wars, told in one hundred woodcuts of exceptional force and beauty. Frans Masereel portrays parks and factories, shipyards and brothels, crowds, lovers, and lonely individuals with remarkable subtlety and nuance while exploiting the stark contrast of the woodcut medium.
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Details
- Bookseller
- KM Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000086
- Title
- The City
- Author
- Masereel
- Illustrator
- Frans Masereel
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0805209026
- ISBN 13
- 9780805209020
- Publisher
- 1925Vil1988 Schocken Books
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Geschichte Ohne Worte, Histoire sans paroles, Story without words, Wordless, Wordless novel, graphic novel, wordless story, novel in linocuts, story in linoleum cuts, novel in woodcuts, Gravures sur bois, novel in pictures
Terms of Sale
KM Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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Glossary
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- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- 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...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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