- Bookseller: Charles Agvent, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 014483
- Format: 1/2 black linen
- Book condition: Mild bumping to spine tips; small adhesive stain on the front pastedown from bookplate once tipped in. About Fine in a Near Fine
- Illustrator: Edward Steichen
- Publisher: Limited Editions Club
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1936
Book Description
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. 1/2 black linen. Mild bumping to spine tips; small adhesive stain on the front pastedown from bookplate once tipped in. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Edward Steichen. Quarto (6-3/4" x 10") bound in black linen and blue-green paste paper-covered boards. Illustrated with photographs by Edward Steichen. Designed by D. B. Updike and printed at the Merrymount Press. Copy #1208 of 1500 SIGNED by the photographer on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound 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.
bumping : 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.
colophon : The last text portion of a book, which contains information about the publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possible a printer's device.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
tipped in : used to describe something which has been glued into a book, for example a bookplate.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
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.
laid in : something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper.
