ALASKA'S ANIMALS and FISHES by DUFRESNE, FRANK
- Bookseller: Dale's Decoy Den
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 239
- Format: 4to
- Book condition: as new
- Jacket condition: fine
- Quantity available: 1
- Edition: F
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1946
Description
1946. 1st, DELUXE ED LIMITED TO 475 COPIES. ILLUS BY BOB HINES INCLUDING 13 FULL PAGE COLOR PLATES, ONE TIPPED IN. LARGE 4to BRIGHT GREEN COVER W/ COLOR BEAR . SLIPCASE W/ PICTORAL LABELS FRONT AND BACK(FRONT IN COLOR) FRANK WAS HEAD OF ALASKA'S GAME COMMISSION AND WRITER. 297PP. SLICASE SHOWS RUBS AT CORNERS BUT IS Fine AND BOOK IS Very Fine, excellent, with minor FADING TO SPINE. SCARCE. F.
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.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
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.
tipped in : used to describe something which has been glued into a book, for example a bookplate.
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