- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0054189
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good+
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Typophiles
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1949
Book Description
New York: Typophiles. 1949. Hardcover. Very Good+. Limited, Typophile chapbook. 152 pp. Hardcover. Very Good+ copy: ex-lib bookplate at pastedown, o/w insides clean w/ bright and unmarked text. Boards show light rubbing and edgewear. Glassine dust jacket shows small tears; yellowed. Small 8vo.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
o/w : An abbreviation for otherwise
