- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 4246
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition Thus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Literary Guild
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1930
Book Description
New York: Literary Guild, 1930. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Hint of foxing at textblock edges (non-penetrating), touch of glue toning at pastedowns, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, several small closed tears, spine heavily sunned, tape repair at verso, else bright and clean. Beige cloth boards, green ink lettering and decorative elements (compass rose), frontispiece. 8vo. 279pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Printed at Lakeside Press. Overall, a handsome copy.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
verso : The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
Closed tears : Tears in which no material has been lost.
