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THE CARPENTERED HEN AND OTHER TAME CREATURES. Signed by Updike, John
- Bookseller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 27720
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1958
Description
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958 First Edition Inscribed by John Updike on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in 1/4 black cloth over gray paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine bright, fresh, first issue price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 82 pp. A lovely copy of the author's first book. . 1st Edition.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
dustwrapper : Another term 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.
front free endpaper : The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book. It may be plain or decorative.
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.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
price-clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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