- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 5974
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: A. and C. Black
- Place: London
- Date published: 1914
Book Description
London: A. and C. Black, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, closed split in front joint running from heel to mid-spine, light even toning to boards, corners gently bumped, minor fraying at head and tail, endpages toned, chip at both ffep and rfep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Dark beige cloth boards, brown ink lettering and decorative elements, tipped in color plates, printed tissueguards. 4to. 56pp plus np plate pages. Illus. (color plates). Index.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
heel : The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
tail : The heel of the spine.
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.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
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.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
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.
tipped in : used to describe something which has been glued into a book, for example a bookplate.
rfep : Rear free end paper. The last blank sheet of paper bound into the rear of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
