- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 3312
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Limited Editions Club
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1959
Book Description
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine lightly sunned, else tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows very minor shelf wear, else bright and clean. Quarterbound, black leather spine and label on front board, red leather label, red beveled cloth boards, gilt lettering. 4to. [xvi], 295pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Indexes. Limited edition of 2250 (1500 for members, 750 for non-members), this being 1884). A truly lovely bibliography of the first 250 volumes produced by and for the LEC. Title pages are reproduced, as well are representative samples of plates, some tipped in. A lovely overview of why LEC is a book club in a class of its own.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound 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.
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.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
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.
beveled : The boards of the book have been cut at an angle.
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.
tipped in : used to describe something which has been glued into a book, for example a bookplate.
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.
