THE GARDEN PROSPECT (SELECTED POEMS) by Yates, Peter:
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[Np]: Jargon Society, 1980.. Quarto. Cloth and decorated boards. Illustrations by Susan Moore. Introduction by Peyton Houston. First edition, clothbound issue. Jargon 87. Fine in dust jacket with short closed tear mended on verso.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
verso : The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
quarto : A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
closed tear : A tear in which no material has been lost.
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