Engraving Illustration produced by carving lines into a metal plate.
JACK THE GIANT KILLER DONOHUE CHICAGO FREE
The part of the leaf pasted to the inside of the front board is the front “pastedown,” while the other part of the leaf that forms the first page of the book is the “front free endpaper” the same applies to the rear pastedown and rear free endpaper. Endpapers Extra leaves-plain, colored or decorated-with which a bookbinder covers the insides of the book’s boards, therefore not part of the actual text block.Depending on demand, any number of printings can be made from a setting of type For example, a first printing might consist of 1000 copies, followed by a second printing of 2500 copies in which case the book would have a first edition, first printing of 1000 copies, and a first edition, second printing of 2500 copies. Edition Print-run from a single setting of type without substantial change.Duodecimo (12MO) Smaller than an octavo, typically less than six inches tall smaller formats, such as 24mo and 32mo, are uncommon.Doublure Pastedowns made not of paper but of leather, for decorative purposes.Colophon Printed note at the end of a text containing information about the printing of the book.A-C, for example, would indicate a quarto volume composed of three signatures or gatherings of eight pages each for a total of 24 pages. Also a shorthand bibliographical description of a book’s composition by its leaves and signatures, rather than its pages. Collation Process by which the contents of a book are inspected for completeness, checking against internal evidence, the table of contents and/or plate list, and reference works.Chromolithograph Lithograph printed in colors, typically three or more.
Reverse calf, with a distinctive suede-like texture, is occasionally used. Readily marbled (“tree calf”), mottled, diced, colored, polished, tooled in gilt or blind, even scented (known as “russia”).
“Richard Doyle was one of the most popular Victorian illustrators of fairy stories… always possessed an extraordinary power of fanciful and imaginative draftsmanship and sense of the grotesque. Slim quarto, original pictorial tan cloth, patterned endpapers.įirst manuscript facsimile edition, reproduced from Richard Doyle’s original text and vibrant color illustrations. FIRST MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE EDITION OF RICHARD DOYLE’S JACK THE GIANT KILLER, BEAUTIFULLY COLOR-ILLUSTRATEDĭOYLE, Richard.