- Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 11087
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: VG-
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Peter Davies
- Place: London
- Date published: 1939
Book Description
London Peter Davies 1939 Hardcover First Edition VG- Navy blue cloth spine and boards. Plenty of bumping at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips of the corners. Light accompanying rubbing in the same places. Spine has a fair amount of lean toward the front of the book. Foxing to outside edges of the textblock, endpapers, and first few pages. Previous owner's book plate on the front endpaper. Frontis portrait of Gray Owl. 345 pages. 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."
plate : Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
Fair : is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, jacket (if any), etc., may also be worn. All defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
