- Bookseller: Austin's Antiquarian Books
- Seller Inventory #: 8537
- Format: Octavo,
- Book condition: Good. text block browned. Jacket spine faded with some chips and short tears.
- Illustrator: Illustrated.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Allan Wingate,
- Place: London:
- Date published: (1954).
Book Description
London: : Allan Wingate, , (1954). . First edition. . Octavo,. Good. text block browned. Jacket spine faded with some chips and short tears. . Illustrated. . rose cloth, gilt, in dust jacket.
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dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
