- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 4004
- Format: Hardcover.
- Edition: First Edition Thus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: World Publishing
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1967
Book Description
New York: World Publishing, 1967. First Edition Thus. Hardcover.. Very minor shelf/edge wear, bookplate on front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light toning/rubbing at spine, two small moisture stain at spine, small closed tear with related creases at top, else bright and clean. Quarterbound, red cloth spine, gilt lettering and decorative elements, color pictorial endpages. Small 4to. 319pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Bibliography. Reproductions of many of the author's classics. Complete texts and illustrations for several works (including The Pied Piper of Hamelin) and selections from many more (including Mother Goose). Overall, a handsome copy.
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DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
closed tear : A tear in which no material has been lost.
