- Bookseller: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 29984
- Book condition: 2
- Illustrator: TARRANT,MARGARET
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1919
Book Description
1919. 2. (TARRANT,MARGARET)illus. ZOO DAYS by Harry Golding. Lond.: Ward Lock 1919. 8vo, cloth, pict. paste-on, 344p., some foxing and rubbing to joints, VG. Illus. by Tarrant with pictorial endpapers, 48 color plates. In the same format as her Alice.
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rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
vg : Very Good condition. can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
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.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
