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THE VALUE OF SIMPLICITY by BARROWS, Mary Minerva, Editor
- Bookseller: M. Kettner and Son, Booksellers
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 005758
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good Minus
- Jacket condition: No Dj
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: H. M. Caldwell
- Place: Boston
- Date published: 1905
Description
Boston: H. M. Caldwell, 1905. 172 pp. First edition. Gray, cloth boards with gilt embossing on cover, gilt stamping on spine. Light edge and corner wear. Light fading on spine and margins of back cover. Bit of denting on cover edges. Former owner's name penned on front endpaper.. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No Dj. 6" x 8.75".
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short 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.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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