- Bookseller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
- Seller Inventory #: 11589
- Book condition: Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Roxburghe Press,
- Place: London:
- Date published: 1893.
Book Description
London:: The Roxburghe Press,. 1893.. Good. 8vo, (xii), 305pp uncut, teg. Pale blue cloth covers with gilt title on front cover and on spine. Covers are dusty and spine is rubbed at top and base; corners are rubbed. Internally free end papers lightly fox spotted, o/w very good. The author, a member of the Arts Society and a British manufacturer, traveled to the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. He also examines American industry and wages, and travels up the Hudson River to Niagara Falls, as well as to Montreal, Chicago and Washington DC. This volume was privately printed as a souvenir of the trip for the members of the Arts Society.
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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.
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.
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.
Fair : is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, jacket (if any), etc., may also be worn. All defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
o/w : An abbreviation for otherwise
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
