- Bookseller: John Michael Lang Fine Books
- Seller Inventory #: 15795
- Format: Hardback
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: St Martin's Press,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: 1972.
Book Description
New York: St Martin's Press, 1972. Hardback 8.25 x 5.5. 275pp. Black cloth bound boards with gilt lettering on spine, in dust wrapper. Corners lightly bumped, else fine condition. The jacket has some light edge wear, else near fine condition. A window into Celtic and Roman Gaul and the early period of the barbarian migrations. Illustrated throughout with black and white pictures and maps.
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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.
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.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
