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”). Calf Binding material made from cowhide-versatile, durable, usually tan or brown in color, of smooth texture with no or little apparent grain.Broadside Sheet printed on one side, typically for public display, usually larger than folio size (a folio being a broadside-size sheet printed on both sides and folded once, to make four pages).Book-Plate Label, generally affixed to the front pastedown, identifying a book’s owner.Of particular value to collectors as evidence of a very early form of the book. “Original boards” refers to cardboard-like front and back boards, from about 1700 to 1840, used as temporary protection for books before their purchasers would have them bound. Boards Hard front and rear covers of a bound book which are covered in cloth, leather or paper.Association Copy copy that belonged to someone connected with the author or the contents of a book.Armorial Used to describe a binding bearing the coat of arms of the original owner, or with bookplates incorporating the owner’s arms.Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes. Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.Kesey's inscription is dated the same year his beloved 20-year-old son Jed died in a Spokane hospital following a bus accident on an icy mountain road.īook fine light edge-wear, small faint trace of tape removal to front flap of near-fine dust jacket. First issue, with publisher's logo on half title page, in first-state dust jacket with author photo credited to Hank Krangler on rear flap. Kesey's novel was adapted to the screen in 1971 by Paul Newman, who both directed and starred in the film. Each of the Stampers is a three-dimensional person, and that leads to some fun, some heartache and a great literary catharsis" (Henley, Wikelund & Lindquist, 39). That's like saying War and Peace is about one of Napoleon's shorter-lived military campaigns. ![]() Spokane is forever nailed to the wall of my memory, cracking the plaster, but the picture hangs, Ken Kesey 1984."įollowing the success of his first novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962), Kesey, in this work about an Oregon logging family, "aimed higher than many of his contemporaries, and… impressively close to his target" (Vinson, 754) "The novel's exquisite prose, which often reads like lyric poetry, draws us into the daily lives of the Stamper family… We've heard Sometimes described as a novel about a family feud. Octavo, original gray cloth, original dust jacket.įirst edition, first issue, of Kesey’s second novel, movingly inscribed by him the same year his son Jed died in a Spokane hospital after a tragic accident, "For J- C-: Yes, J-, I remember you, and your daughter. "SPOKANE IS FOREVER NAILED TO THE WALL OF MY MEMORY, CRACKING THE PLASTER, BUT THE PICTURE HANGS": FIRST EDITION OF SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION, BOLDLY INSCRIBED BY KEN KESEY
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