- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 5704
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: William Edwin Rudge
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1930
Book Description
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Two owner bookplates at front pastedown, ghost image of laid in newsprint at ffep, signed by the author at titlepage, fore-edge of fold-out frontispiece shows light creasing/rumple, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light, even toning, else clean. Brown cloth boards, red leather spine label, gilt lettering and decorative elements, fold-out frontispiece, teg. 8vo. xvii, 358pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index. Warmly inscribed by Hunter to George J Bilsey (his being one of the two owner bookplates at the front pastedown) and showing both his signature and his red ink stamp. Based upon the limited edition, "Old Papermaking", this volume covers the same period, but in a much more comprehensive manner. A very handsome copy, inscribed by the author.
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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.
TEG : Top Edge Gilt
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.
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.
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.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
laid in : something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
