- Bookseller: The Kelmscott Bookshop
- Seller Inventory #: 4428
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Clarendon Press,
- Place: Oxford:
- Date published: 1976.
Book Description
Oxford:: Clarendon Press,, 1976.. VG+ blue cloth boards with gilt label and design on spine. Orange DJ is VG, slightly faded on the spine. Interior is clean. With index, 643 pp. Literary Criticism. LITCRIT/5163.
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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.
vg : Very Good condition. can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
