- Seller Inventory #: 4997
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Austin, TX: Alcalde Press, 1964, first edition
Austin, TX: Alcalde Press, 1964, first edition. Octavo (8.25 in. by 5.25 in.); 80pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; price-clipped, stained, chipped dust jacket edges; age-toned spine; bumped book corners; pen inscription to front pastedown endpaper..
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
age-toned : Used to describe a light brown or tan color that paper can sometimes assume as a result of age.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
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.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
