- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0041484
- Format: Hardbound
- Book condition: Very Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Pittsburgh Typographical Union No. 7
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Date published: 1952
Book Description
Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Typographical Union No. 7. 1952. Hardbound. Very Good. Hardbound octavo in blue cloth w/gold lettering; clean text, 159 pp, w/advertisements, facsimiles of letters, some b/w plates, autograph pages at end. Very good cover w/bending and scuffing at spine and corners, no loss, soiling and pencil-marking on boards, no d/j. Pencil drawing (child- like) on endps front and back, signing of autograph pages, including a love poem and dairy-like entry. Western PA interest. 8vo (5.5" x 8.75").
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been cut into eight pages.
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. Also known as the back.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
