- Bookseller: The Kelmscott Bookshop
- Seller Inventory #: 18925
- Format: Cloth.
- Edition: FIRST EDITION.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Simon and Schuster,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: 1987.
Book Description
New York:: Simon and Schuster,, 1987.. FIRST EDITION.. Cloth.. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. In black cloth covered boards with gilt title stamp to spine. In illustrated white DJ with minor toning to top edge. Interior clean and bright. Inscribed by Falwell on first endpaper. Index. 456pp. REL/112206. Very Good in Very Good dj.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
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.
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.
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.
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.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
