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THE WORLD OF MINACK. Signed by Tangye, Derek
- Bookseller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 20351
- Format:
- Jacket condition: Dust Jacket Included
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: London: Michael Joseph, (1991).
- Date published: 1991
Description
London: Michael Joseph, (1991)., 1991 First Edition Signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on a Minack Farm bookplate to the ffe. A fine copy in blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a lovely pictorial dustwrapper. Photographs and drawings throughout. 8vo. 239 pp. A superb selection of favourite passages from the books that are now known as the Minack Chronicles.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover.
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 : 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.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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