OLD-DAD by ABBOTT, Eleanor Hallowell
- Bookseller: M. Kettner and Son, Booksellers
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 003901
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Dj
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Dutton
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1919
Description
NY: Dutton, 1919 241 pp. Seventh printing. Red, cloth boards with gilt stamping on cover and spine. Text-edges foxed. Upper text-edge also dust-stained. Front and end matter with yellowing on outer half of pages. Cover slightly bowed.. 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.
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.
foxed : A discoloration to paper, brown and yellowish spots.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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