FRENCH POETS AND NOVELISTS by JAMES, Henry
- Bookseller: M. Kettner and Son, Booksellers
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 007700
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Dj
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Macmillan
- Place: London
- Date published: 1878
Description
London: Macmillan, 1878 439 pp. First edition. Dark-blue, cloth boards with gilt stamping on spine. Generally light edge and corner wear. Upper spine-end with a bit of chipping. Pages 192/193 with signature separation. Front and back higes with 70 percent separation of paper. Text with some undulation.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dj. 5.25" x 7.5".
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for 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 : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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