- Bookseller: Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 7354
- Format: Bound in titled cloth covered boards.
- Book condition: A Very Fine copy in a Fine, price clipped dustwrapper.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: American Heritage Publishing Co.
- Place: New York.
- Date published: 1974.
Book Description
New York.: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1974.. Bound in titled cloth covered boards.. A Very Fine copy in a Fine, price clipped dustwrapper.. 4to.. Illustrated throughout with various colour and monochrome plates en texte.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
dustwrapper : Another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
price clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
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.
4to : Or 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.
