- Seller Inventory #: 017563
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good+
- Jacket condition: no dustjacket
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Macmillan
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1915
- Keywords: movies cinema history making motion pictures film
Unfaded maroon cloth boards with unchipped gilt lettering on cover and spine. Faint water spot to surface of front board, barely visible. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. "Set up and electrotyped. Published, November, 1915" on copyright page, 1915 on title page. Remnants of previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper, stamped red number on front free endpaper. No other marks -- pages and edges are clean. 177 pgs. Illustrated with black & white plates. Very scarce book.
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.
front free endpaper : The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book. It may be plain or decorative.
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.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
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.
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).
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
