- Bookseller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
- Seller Inventory #: 14235
- Book condition: vg
- Edition: Collector's Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Easton Press
- Place: Norwalk, Conn.
- Date published: 1979
Book Description
Norwalk, Conn. Easton Press 1979 Collector's Edition vg 8vo. xxii.600pp. Gilt decorated dark blue leather and spine. Raised bands. All gilt edges. Ribbon marker. Some white staining along outer edge of front board. Silk endpapers. Frontis of Hamilton, Madison and Jay. A wonderful edition of this classic work on politics. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. In very good condition.
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vg : Very Good condition. can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
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.
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.
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.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
