- Bookseller: The Kelmscott Bookshop
- Seller Inventory #: 617
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Bibliographisches Institut,
- Place: Leipzig:
- Date published: 1927.
Book Description
Leipzig:: Bibliographisches Institut,, 1927.. Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Thick 4to. Brown leather backed marbled paper boards with black and gilt title to spine. Elaborate gilt decoration to spine. Minor scuffing to spine and boards. Wear to corners, exterior leather of hinges, and to foot of spine. Interior is very clean with bright text. Includes many beautiful color plates depicting various birds; also many B&W illustrations. Tight binding. In German. 648 pp. GER/062804.
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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.
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.
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.
marbled paper : A decorative, multi-colored paper, sometimes used as end papers, or to cover the outside of a hardcover.
