- Bookseller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
- Seller Inventory #: 12467
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Macmillan,
- Place: London:
- Date published: 1917.
Book Description
London:: Macmillan,. 1917.. Hardcover. with 350 illustrations by the author. Fine binding, with three quarter red brown calf and red cloth covers. Gilt title at spine with 6 compartments, raised bands, and floral motifs inside gilt borders. Cloth is slightly sunned at top one quarter inch of front cover. Corners are gently rubbed and the first gilt "B" in the title is chipped at its base. Internally, purple marbled end papers, pages toned, and inscription from the Westminster School at ffep. 8vo, xii, 564 pp, b&w illus throughout, top edges gilt.
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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.
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.
calf : Leather binding made from calfskin. Most common form of leather binding.
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.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
