- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 4015
- Format: Hardcover.
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harper and Brothers
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1899
Book Description
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover.. Light shelf/edge wear, owner signatures at ffep and title page, light duststaining at top of text block, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, color pictorial/decorative elements, frontispiece. 12mo. 360pp plus 4pp ads. Illus. (b/w plates). Apparently second state, lacking "Chelsea" on p. 5. A handsome copy of this rather scarce Pyle title.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
12mo : An abbreviation for duodecimo, a book size describing a book which is approximately 7 by 4.5 inches.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
second state : used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction, or a change in binding color.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
