Recollections of an Old Fashioned New Englander by Dallinger, Frederick W
- Bookseller: Corner-Stone Bookshop
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 240178
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Round Table Press
Description
Round Table Press. Hardcover. 1941. No dust jacket. Dark blue cloth copy both solid and tight. Gilt on cover and spine title. Homemade bookplate on front endpaper with typed names of readers. Foxing on inside of front and back covers. . Very Good.
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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
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.
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