The Epic of Alexandra by Dayton, Dorothy
- Bookseller: Wonderland Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 28867
- Illustrator: Virginia Ingram
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0895870150
- ISBN 13: 9780895870155
- Publisher: John F. Blair
- Place: Winston-Salem, NC
- Date published: 1979
- Pages: 113
Description
Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, 1979 First. Quarto. Red hardcover cloth; lettering and symbol in gilt to spine and front board. Little edgewear. Text is clean and tight. Red and black, illustrated DJ features a beautiful black & white plate from the book on the front and the back; edgewear is moderate; corners and spine ends are chipped lightly; front wrap has a small, closed tear to upper edge of front; unclipped and in new mylar. 113pp. VG/VG.. Illus. by Virginia Ingram .
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.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
plate : Full page illustration or photograph. 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.
VG/VG : Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB Bookman's Weekly).
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.
closed tear : A tear in which no material has been lost.
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