- Bookseller: Austin's Antiquarian Books
- Seller Inventory #: 9933
- Format: Octavo,
- Book condition: Harry W. Schwartz, Milwaukee, WI Bookseller's tag at front paste-down.
- Illustrator: Illustrated. Photographs.
- Publisher: Orange Judd Publishing Company,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: 1943.
Book Description
New York:: Orange Judd Publishing Company, , 1943. . Octavo,. Harry W. Schwartz, Milwaukee, WI Bookseller's tag at front paste-down.. Illustrated. Photographs.. tan cloth, gilt. Very good. Spine title faded.
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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.
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.
paste-down : The portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a book. Often used as front paste-down or rear past-down.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
