- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0054910
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Boni & Liveright
- Place: NY&
- Date published: 1927
Book Description
NY&: Boni & Liveright. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. Blue cloth, gilt titles; light fraying to page outsides, slightest fading, due to age; text is clean and bright, unmarked. Light edgewear of boards. Spine tight. Dj is in 5 pieces, seperated at the seams, and is misisng the lower 1/2 of the spine of the DJ. Please be advised that this is a chipped DJ with a consistent loss of .10" to all sides of each separated section; housed in mylar wrap with paper backing. Pages: 231. First edition, Second Printing. 8vo.
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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.
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.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
