Offered is a copy of a booklet published by the National Gallery of Art originally in 1942 called FRENCH PAINTING FROM THE CHESTER DALE COLLECTION,
this is a fifth edition of July 1948. I think it is apparent that this
book was a product of war-time shortages, the wraps are of fairly rough
stock and not very thick (like card stock today); the front cover has
brown/oxblood text. Inside the title page, foreword and introduction are
printed on similar, but lighter stock, and all are yellowed with age.
Fortunately the illustrations are printed on glossy paper, which has not
yellowed, though all are in black and white except for the
frontispiece. Approximately 6 5/8" x 9 7/8" with 88 pages with an index.
The
primary issue with this book is some pitting in the surface of the
wraps; I am not an expert, but think this was probably caused by
silverfish. The damage is more pronounced on the spine, but doesn't seem
to go all the way through the cover anywhere. I don't see any sign of
these pests, and figure this probably happened a while ago. There is a
line across the back of the cover that is stained with something, looks
like some kind of binding (probably plastic) came in contact with the
paper. Inside the front of the binding is beginning to come loose at the
bottom of the spine; I think that this is minor, a little glue would
fix it. Inside the pages are clean, no pages are loose.
Let me know if you have any questions, and thanks for considering this booklet!