The Maul and The Pear Tree; The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, 1811

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.

bds : An abbreviation used for boards, used to describe the front and back coverings of a hard covered book.