- Seller Inventory #: 11969
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, Copyright 1969
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, Copyright 1969. Quarto (10.75 in. by 7.25 in.); 346pp.; bookplate laid-in at free front endpaper; handsome noir leather with gilt decorations to boards and spine; silk bookmark; gilt edges; very good hardcover; light marring of gilt to text block edge; crisp; clea. n; bright..
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
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.
laid-in : something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper.
