- Bookseller: Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 8044
- Format: Bound in gilt titled red cloth over boards. Gilt motif of scale to front cover.
- Book condition: A Very Fine, crisp copy.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Western Hemisphere, Inc.
- Place: Stoughton.
- Date published: MCMLXX
Book Description
Stoughton.: Western Hemisphere, Inc., MCMLXX. Bound in gilt titled red cloth over boards. Gilt motif of scale to front cover.. A Very Fine, crisp copy.. Thick 4to.. Illustrated with monochrome plates.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. 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.
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
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.
