- Bookseller: Austin's Antiquarian Books
- Seller Inventory #: 9459
- Format: Quarto,
- Book condition: Very good in very good jacket with a little scuffing and a nick in the top of the jacket spine.
- Illustrator: Profusely illustrated in black and white.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: The MIT Press,
- Place: Cambridge:
- Date published: (1980).
Book Description
Cambridge: : The MIT Press,, (1980).. First edition.. Quarto,. Very good in very good jacket with a little scuffing and a nick in the top of the jacket spine. . Profusely illustrated in black and white. . brown cloth, gilt, in pictorial dust jacket. The first full-scale treatment of the subject since 1890.
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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
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.
quarto : A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
