- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0047346
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good +
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: E.P. Dutton and Company
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1909
Book Description
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company. 1909. Hardcover. Very Good +. 352 pp. A very good+ copy in red cloth with gold spine lettering, black and yellow front graphic. Gilt top-edge. Light shelfwear to spine with corners gently bumped. Minor soiling to boards and endpapers. Includes frontis, plates (pg. 92 folding plate repaired), and fold out map at rear. Interior text clean and bright.
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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.
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.
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.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
plate : Full page illustration or photograph. 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.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
e.p. : When used to describe a book, the endpaper(s), The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelfwear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
