- Bookseller: The Kelmscott Bookshop
- Seller Inventory #: 17224
- Format: Cloth.
- Edition: FIRST EDITION.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Exposition Press,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: 1973.
Book Description
New York:: Exposition Press,, 1973.. FIRST EDITION.. Cloth.. Signed By Author. Thin 8vo. In red cloth covered boards with white DJ. Minor chipping to top edge of DJ. Interior clean. Signed on title page in blue ink. POE/011806. Very Good in Very Good Minus dj.
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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.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
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.
