- Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 15503
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Faber and Faber
- Place: London
- Date published: March, 1940
Book Description
London Faber and Faber March, 1940 Hardcover First edition 80pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Light blue boards with title printed in black on the front board and the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Spine of price-clipped jacket sunned. Blind ownership embossment on title page.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term 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.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
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.
