- Seller Inventory #: 7757
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: VG/VG-
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.
- Place: Garden City , N.Y.
- Date published: 1937
- Keywords: V. Sackville-West, Memoirs, Biography, History, Pepita, Spain, Dancers
Garden City , N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. VG/VG-. 1937. Hardcover. 13, 43, 49. This book is the story of the famous Spanish dancer, Pepita. It is bound in beige cloth with blue cloth spine and gilt lettering. Spine ends are bumped and there is light foxing of a few pages. The dust jacket is clean, corners are clipped but it is price intact. Spine is faded, there is edgewear and chipping. ; 8 1/2" x 6"; 309 pages .
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a 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.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
