Bibliologia Comica: or, Humorous Aspects of the Caparisoning and Conservation of Books.
by Lawrence Sidney Thompson
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
[Hamden, Conn.] Archon Books, 1968.. 8vo. [ca 160 pp.]. Very Good. Hard Cover. Turquoise cloth covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Dust Jacket Good. Tear along edge and on verso. Extremely scarce.From the collection of the late Frederick Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.
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- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
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- 18-5501
- Title
- Bibliologia Comica: or, Humorous Aspects of the Caparisoning and Conservation of Books.
- Author
- Lawrence Sidney Thompson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- [Hamden, Conn.] Archon Books, 1968.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....