- Bookseller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 35069
- Format: Three quarter mottled calf over marbled boards, four raised bands, one compartment with black morocco label with author's name i
- Book condition: A very good+ copy, small chip to calf label on backstrip, light wear at spine head, leaves browning
- Edition: 57 mille
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Paris: Librairie Plon, (1928)
- Pages: 306 pp
Book Description
Paris: Librairie Plon, (1928). 57 mille. Three quarter mottled calf over marbled boards, four raised bands, one compartment with black morocco label with author's name in gilt, one red morocco titled in gilt, three compartments decorated in gilt and black, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in, silk bookmark sewn in. A very good+ copy, small chip to calf label on backstrip, light wear at spine head, leaves browning. 12mo.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
Marbled boards : A hardcover book with a decorative, multi-colored paper on the outside covering.
top edge gilt : The top of the text block (the edges the pages that are visible when looking directly down at the top of a closed book) has been decorated with a gold-like finish.
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.
raised band(s) : On leather bound books, the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine.
wrappers : Paperback or softbound. Also, wraps.
12mo : An abbreviation for duodecimo, a book size describing a book which is approximately 7 by 4.5 inches.
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.
leaves : When used to refer to a part of a book means the book's pages.
calf : Leather binding made from calfskin. Most common form of leather binding.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
