- Bookseller: Boston Book Company
- Seller Inventory #: 85240
- Book condition: Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1847
Book Description
1847. Good. HAMILTON, Alexander, James MADISON & John JAY. THE FEDERALIST, ON THE NEW CONSTITUTION, WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1788. Philadelphia: R. Wilson Desilver, 1847. 6th edition, with appendix and "a copious alphabetical index." v + [1] + 391 + [1] + 102 pp. 8vo., full calf with gilt black leather spine label. Joints cracked, boards much worn,spine and corners slightly chipped, marbled edges and endpapers. Bookseller's label and owner's inkstamp to front pastedown. Ink signature to first blank recto, ink numeral to blank recto preceding title. Minor occasional foxing in the text. About good.
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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.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
cracked : In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate, revealing the stitching or binding underneath.
calf : Leather binding made from calfskin. Most common form of leather binding.
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.
recto : The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
