- Bookseller: The Kelmscott Bookshop
- Seller Inventory #: 5434
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: 1981.
Book Description
New York:: Harper & Row, Publishers,, 1981.. First U.S. Edition. Fine light blue cloth 4to., bright silver vignette to cover, silver title to spine. In VG black pictorial, price-clipped d.j. (closed tear to bottom edge of front cover). Interior is tightly bound, clean and bright. Profusely illustrated w/133 color plates, 162 duotone plates, 42 linecuts and 7 maps. 371 pp. Photography. PHO/11183.
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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.
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.
price-clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
vignette : A small illustration or graphic placed at the beginning or end of a book or a chapter.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
