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A Pageant of Pattern for Needlepoint Canvas: Centuries of Design, Textures, Stitches, a New Exploration by Lantz, Sherlee; Lane, Maggie
Description
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1977. Cream cloth with blind embossed title on front and gilt to spine. Near Fine/Very Good. Price-intact dust jacket. Light chips to DJ. 509 pages, illustrations by Maggie Lane and colour photos by the Richard Avedon Studio. The history of needlepoint, its stitches and variations.. ISBN: 0448120348. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
4to : Or 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.
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