- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 3258
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition Thus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Leopold B. Hill
- Place: London
- Date published: nd
Book Description
London: Leopold B. Hill, nd. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Light shelf wear, touch of toning at spine, owner signature on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red leather boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, black ink decorative elements, dentelles, pale blue endpages, silk ribbon bound in, aeg, frontispiece, tissue guard, decorative dropped first initials. 16mo. 55pp. A very handsome copy of this rather scarce edition, exceptionally bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
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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.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
nd : no publisher's date given
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
AEG : All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold gilding.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
