- Bookseller: Argonaut Book Shop
- Seller Inventory #: 4148
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Lansdowne Press
- Place: Melbourne
- Date published: 1971
Book Description
Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1971 Oblong quarto. Profusley illustrated with black & white drawings. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's signature , very minor edgewear, else a fine copy in spine faded, lightly chipped pictorial dust jacket. A study through pictures and words of colonial Australia..
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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.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
