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HEADWATERS. Signed by Marty, Sid
- Bookseller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library
(CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 20131
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
- Place: Toronto
- Date published: 1973
Description
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1973 First Edition Signed by the author on the title-page. A fine copy in the publisher's green cloth covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 110 pp. Poet, essayist and one-time Park Warden, Marty's fierce advocacy of the integrity of the environment has influenced the course of the Canadian conservation movement.. 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.
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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