- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 1763
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Ohio State University Press
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Date published: 1989
Book Description
Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows a small, closed tear at upper, rear flap-fold, else bright and clean. Plum cloth boards, silver gilt lettering. 8vo. 236pp. In this collection of articles, essays, and reviews, novelist, poet, critic, and long-time feminist activist Jan Clausen explores the intersection of literary art and politics. Political and literary theory emerging from second wave feminism.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
closed tear : A tear in which no material has been lost.
