- Seller Inventory #: 12881
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1967
London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1967. Quarto (10.0 in. by 6.25 in.); 68pp.; signed and inscribed by Hugh MacDiarmid to free front endpaper; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; torn, chipped dust jacket edges; rubbed book edges..
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
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.
