- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 4959
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Newsweek
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1972
Book Description
New York: Newsweek, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece, color pictorial endpages. 4to. 172pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Bibliography. Maps. Index.
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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.
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.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
