- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 4114
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place: Indianapolis, IA
- Date published: 1949
Book Description
Indianapolis, IA: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, hint of toning at spine, else bright and clean. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, decorative endpages, frontispiece. 8vo. 192pp. Illus. (b/w plates). These letters were written by Booth Tarkington in 1903 and 1904, during his first trip abroad, with his parents and his wife. They were addressed to his three nephews, John (aged fourteen), Donald (aged twelve) and Booth Jameson (aged one)." (from flap) A handsome copy.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
