- Bookseller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
- Seller Inventory #: 11209
- Book condition: Very good
- Edition: Mixed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Oxford University Press,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: 1944 -5.
Book Description
New York:: Oxford University Press,. 1944 -5.. Mixed. Very good. 8vo, 3 volumes. Volume I: 510 pp; original dj with title in red and black on front and spine; slightly dusty, sunned on spine and lightly marked slightly chipped at base of spine; second edition. Volume II: 442 pp; original dj slightly sunned on spine and rubbed at base of spine; second printing. Volume III: 374 pp; original dj sunned on spine; first edition. Blue cloth cover with gilt title on spine. Translated from the second German edition by Gilbert Highet.
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DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a 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.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
