- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 5292
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First American Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Abrams
- Place: New York
- Date published: 2004
Book Description
New York: Abrams, 2004. First American Edition. Hardcover. Bumped at head with tiny related split, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Black paper boards, silver gilt lettering, pictorial endpages, frontispiece. 4to. 168pp. Illus. (color plates).
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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.
bumped : 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.
