- Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 6198
- Book condition:
- Jacket condition: y
- Edition: y First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1923
Book Description
New York: Harper & Brothers.. 1923. y First edition. viii,(2),254pp. Illustrated with 7 color plates (1 a frontispiece). Orig. black cloth, gilt, color plate mounted on front cover. D.j. Nicely inscribed on the front free endpaper to Artie Shaw by Romer Zane Grey, and with a T.l.s. from him to Artie, dated Sept. 7, 1965. With Shaw's bookplate. Fine.
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front free endpaper : The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book. It may be plain or decorative.
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.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
plate : Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
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.
