- Bookseller: Riverow Bookshop, INC ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: BOOKS237962I
- Format: Cloth
- Book condition: G/--
- Illustrator: Black & White Photos & Illus
- Edition: 3rd Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Valentine's Manual, Inc.
- Place: New York, NY
- Date published: (1926)
Book Description
New York, NY: Valentine's Manual, Inc.. G/--. (1926). 3rd Printing. Cloth. Color Frontispiece, gilt design Tpage . 8vo., 388 pp., Bumped, slightly yellowed, spine slightly cocked. .
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
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.
cocked : Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not align when the book is lying flat. Severity may differ.
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
