
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. Shipping and insurance charges are additional. Next-day or second-day air service is available upon request.
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The American-born McBride lives and works in Germany, where his body of work earned him the German Photographic Association’s prestigious Erich Salomon Prize.
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Folio, original black paper-covered boards, original photographic dust jacket.įirst edition in English of McBride’s controversial photobook, with 125 black-and-white photogravures (many double-page).ĭesigned as a “serious book about sex education,” McBride’s Show Me! is presented “from the point of view of a child learning about sex… a bright and breezy text along the top of each double-page image, while the pictures are shot in a grainy, graphic 1960s style… Free of the coy prurience that so often degrades this genre of photobook,” Show Me! remains “the most sexually explicit book ever published by a mainstream U.S.
FIRST EDITION OF SHOW ME!, WITH 125 BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAVURES