- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 2656
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Jonathan Cape
- Place: London
- Date published: 1952
Book Description
London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minimal shelf wear, owner signature on ffep, spine very slightly cocked, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, two small, closed tears, rear shows light toning, else bright and clean. Red textured paper boards, light grey lettering and decorative elements. 8vo. 317pp. A handsome copy in its original, and increasinly scarce, woodcut DJ.
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.
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.
cocked : Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not align when the book is lying flat. Severity may differ.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Closed tears : Tears in which no material has been lost.
