- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 5738
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: J. & J. Harper
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1833
Book Description
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, very minor sporadic foxing, tidemarks at head near spine, else tight and bright. Halfbound, burgundy leather spine and tips, burgundy cloth boards, five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorative elements, marbled endpages, teg. 8vo. 197pp; 190pp plus np ads. Seldom found complete and/or in acceptable condition. A very handsome copy of this minor classic.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
TEG : Top Edge Gilt
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.
raised band(s) : On leather bound books, the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
acceptable : A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in Good or Very Good condition, although no standard exists for this term, and the word can be used to describe a wide variety of actual book conditions.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
