- Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 11063
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: VG-
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1929
Book Description
New York E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1929 Hardcover First Edition VG- Coffee table sized book in blue cloth spine and boards with silver lettering and ornamentation. Heavy rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips of the corners. Heavy bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Watermark to the spine has cleaned the lettering away. Very light rubbing along the lower edges of the boards. Previous owner's name and date on the upper corner of the free front endpaper. A handsome juxtaposition of art and language. Unpaginated. No dust jacket.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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.
bumping : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
tail : The heel of the spine.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
VG- : A term used to denote a condition a slight grade lesser than VG. Very Good is defined by AB Bookman's Weekly as "a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted."
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
