- Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 11744
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: VG/VG
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Golden Bell Press
- Place: Denver, CO
- Date published: 1970
Book Description
Denver, CO Golden Bell Press 1970 Hardcover First Edition VG/VG Octavo. Bright red cloth spine and boards. Spine has a lean toward the front of the book and light bumping at the head and tail. Map endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. Illustrated with photographs. 221 pages. Dust Jacket - has very slight rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the tip of the upper rear corner.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
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.
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
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).
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
VG/VG : Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (as 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.
