- Bookseller: Antic Hay Books
- Seller Inventory #: 47628
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1938
Book Description
1938. BURR, Jane. THE QUEEN IS DEAD: A BOOK OF IMPERTINENT STORIES AND UNABASHED VERSE. NY: Elliot Publishing Co., [1938]. Small 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation by Burr on front endpaper, to American author Parker Fillmore: "With affection, to the Fillmores, from Peggy (Jane Burr). June 21, 1938. 24-5th Ave. NYC." Very Good (small dampstain bottom of front cover); some wear & chipping d/j.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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).
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
