Here's Richness! An Anthology of and By James Agate by AGATE James
- Bookseller: Ming Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: un99443
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Quantity available: 1
- Edition: First UK Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co.
- Place: London
- Date published: 1942
Description
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1942. 271pp. Half blue/green (turquoise) crushed morocco, blue/green cloth boards. Minor fading to spine. 5 raised bands & 6 panels to spine. Title, author & date gold-tooled direct to spine. Top edge gilt. Number 9 of an edition of 100 copies, of which 90 are for sale. Signed by James Agate and Osbert Sitwell on verso of half title.. Signed by Author & Osbert Sitwell. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Limited Edition .
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
top edge gilt : The top of the text block (the edges the pages that are visible when looking directly down at the top of a closed book) has been decorated with a gold-like finish.
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.
raised band(s) : On leather bound books, the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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.
half title : The leaf which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at times, the author's name and/or other information may appear.
verso : The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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