- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 4118
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Doubleday Page
- Place: Garden City, NY
- Date published: 1907
Book Description
Garden City, NY: Doubleday Page, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor shelf/edge wear, small ink mark at front hinge near heel, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, cream ink label, color pictorial endpages. Small 8vo. 150pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Author's eighth book. Overall, a handsome copy of this well-loved work.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
heel : The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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.
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.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
