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HEART EARTH. A MEMOIR. Signed by Doig, Ivan
- Bookseller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library
(CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 19950
- Format:
- Jacket condition: Dust Jacket Included
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: New York: Atheneum, 1993.
- Date published: 1993
Description
New York: Atheneum, 1993., 1993 First Edition Inscribed by the author on the half-title. A fine copy in the publisher's 1/4 blue cloth over white paper covered boards, silver titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 160 pp. Doig's elegaic memoir, a moving homage t o his mother and a companion piece to, This House Of Sky.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover.
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.
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.
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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