- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 4543
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition (presumed)
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Carolina Art Association
- Place: Charleston, NC
- Date published: 1964
Book Description
Charleston, NC: Carolina Art Association, 1964. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, gilt toned at spine, glue toning at endpages, ownership signature and notations at endpages, gift inscription at ffep, minor duststaining at top of textblock, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows moderate shelf/edge wear, chip at head effects the "A" in Architects, minor chip at tail, spin sunned, light spotting, price clipped, closed tear at head, else bright. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering. 8vo. 321pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Notes. Index. From the library of noted architect and writer on architecture, J. Sadler. Sadler was prone to marginalia and laying in clippings and ephemera related to a given book’s subject. The presence of marginal notes or marks will be noted above and are absent if not so noted.
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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.
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.
price clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
tail : The heel of the spine.
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.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. 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 folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
marginalia : Notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
closed tear : A tear in which no material has been lost.
