- Bookseller: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 16871
- Book condition: 1
- Illustrator: RACKHAM,ARTHUR
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1936
Book Description
1936. 1. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PEER GYNT by Henrick Ibsen. Phil: Lipp. nd [1936]. 4to, orange cloth, [256]p., Fine in dw with 2" piece off top panel and smaller chips to spine ends. 1st American ed. of one of Rackham's last books, illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates, numerous black and whites and a fabulous pictorial wrapper.
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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.
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.
nd : no publisher's date given
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.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
