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Poetica Erotica a Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse by Smith, T. R
- Bookseller: Nessa Books
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 000251
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good Plus
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: First Thus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Crown Publishers
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1927
Description
New York: Crown Publishers , 1927. Black coloured cloth covered boards with gilt designs and lettering on spine, former owners name on title page, browning on pastedowns, shelf wear, 770 clean pages, Tight and square. Filled with old naughty verse.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
jacket : Sometimes used as 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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
first thus : Indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a substantially different format than the true first edition. For example, a first illustrated edition of a book, or even a first paperback release of a book originally published in hard cover.
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.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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Poetica Erotica a Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse
