- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 2964
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Library of Erotic Classics
- Date published: 1998
Book Description
Library of Erotic Classics, 1998. Reprint. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Quarterbound, blue cloth spine, blue paper boards, small gilt decorative element. 8vo. 288pp. A reprint of the notorious and arguably pornographic tome. A pristine copy.
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.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
