- Bookseller: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 10213
- Book condition: 1
- Illustrator: DUDLEY,CARRIE
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1929
Book Description
1929. 1. VOLLAND. GABBY GAFFER by May Justus. Joliet: Volland 1929. 8vo, green gilt cloth, 80p., FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw slightly worn). INGLENOOK SERIES. Illustrated by CARRIE DUDLEY with 10 fabulous color plates, pictorial endpapers and pictorial border on each page of text (plus great wrapper). A very scarce Volland title and a wonderfully illustrated book in typical 20's style.
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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.
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.
