- Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 19401
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First edition, third state
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- Place: Boston
- Date published: 1963
Book Description
Boston Little, Brown and Company 1963 Hardcover First edition, third state 248pp. Octavo [21 cm] Gray cloth with title gilt stamped on backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Minor sunning to spine of jacket. Third state with tipped in dedication page after title page. Starosciak A42
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jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
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.
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.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
tipped in : used to describe something which has been glued into a book, for example a bookplate.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
