- Bookseller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
- Seller Inventory #: 12896
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition:
- Edition: First American edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Willliam S. Gottsberger,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: 1880.
Book Description
New York:: Willliam S. Gottsberger,. 1880.. First American edition. Hardcover. Historical novel set in ancient Greece. Small 8vo, 352 pp, all edges marbled. Half tan calf with red marbled boards. Title in gilt on brown spine label, with decorative gilt compartments and raised bands, gilt rules. Covers are rubbed at edges & corners. Internally, marbled end papers, immaculate; very good +.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
Marbled boards : A hardcover book with a decorative, multi-colored paper on the outside covering.
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.
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.
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.
