- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 4109
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Doubleday Doran
- Place: Garden City, NY
- Date published: 1932
Book Description
Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor shelf/edge wear, hint of toning at spine, owner signature on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, white ink labels, black ink lettering and decorative elements, color frontispiece. 8vo. 318pp. Illus. (color plate).
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound 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.
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.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
