- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 1057
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1946
Book Description
New York: Doubleday, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Soft bump on bottom edge, very minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light edge/shelf wear, four small tears, two with related creases, else bright and clean. Dark brown cloth boards, green ink label, gilt lettering and decorative elements, top of text block dyed red. 8vo. 373pp. Signed by author. Inscribed by author in 1946 to immediate prior owner. A handsome copy.
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.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
