- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 2851
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Monumental Press
- Place: Washington, D.C.
- Date published: 1955
Book Description
Washington, D.C.: Monumental Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very light shelf wear, touch of dust staining at text block edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. Small 4to. 128pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Inscribed by author (and congressman's wife) on ffep (with second signature at bottom of page). Includes pamphlet on "The Murdock Books on Washington," pamphlet by Harold Helfer, "The Case of the Forgotten Genius," broadside titled "Statutes in the United States Capital," and both DJ flaps. Also laid in is a letter from Mrs. Murdock, dated 1965, and a set of leaves of "Statutes Recently Admitted to Statuary Hall in the Nation's Capitol." Overall, a very presentable copy with a wonderful collection of ephemera.
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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.
flap(s) : The portion of a dust jacket which folds around the edges of a book. Often has descriptive text printed on it.
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.
leaves : When used to refer to a part of a book means the book's pages.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
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.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
laid in : something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
