- Bookseller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
- Seller Inventory #: 12832
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition:
- Edition: Limited edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Arno Press,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: 1976.
Book Description
New York:: Arno Press,. 1976.. Limited edition. Hardcover. A history of American lithography in California. One of a limited edition of 501 copies, of which this is number 404. Reprint of the 1935 edition by Doubleday, Doran, and Company, Garden City. 4to, 227 pages, b&w illus throughout, plus 12 color plates. Cream cloth boards with brown title at front cover inside blind stamped rectangular frame. Title in brown at cream spine. Spine is very slightly marked at base. Internally, near fine, bright and clean.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound 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.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
A.N. : When used to describe the condition of a book refers to As New, "the book is in the same immaculate condition in which it was published. There can be no defects, no missing pages, no library stamps, etc., and the dust jacket (if it was issued with one) must be perfect without any tears," as defined by AB Bookman's Weekly
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
