Book Description
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company. 1916. First. First edition, first state with several uncorrected errors. Pencil name front fly, and spine gilt a little tarnished, else fine in edgeworn, near very good dustwrapper. Prospectus for book laid in. Fictional romance and biography. Very scarce in jacket. .
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jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
dustwrapper : Another term for 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.
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.
first state : used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some part of the binding or correction of the text which has been made in later versions of the first edition print run.
laid in : something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper.
e.p. : When used to describe a book, the endpaper(s), The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
