- Bookseller: Argonaut Book Shop
- Seller Inventory #: 6364
- Illustrator: Hopper, Edward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1978
Book Description
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1978 First edition. Oblong folio. 306pp. Profusely illustrated with color and black & white plates (some folding, some tipped in). Dark green cloth, decorated in gilt. Pictorial dust jacket. Slight foxing to first blank front endpaper. Left edge of front jacket slightly faded. A fine copy. A look at the life of Edward Hopper and a showcasing of his artwork.. Illus. by Hopper, Edward.
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.
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.
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.
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).
folio : a large book size, generally 15" in height or larger.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
