- Bookseller: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 12630
- Book condition: 1
- Illustrator: PYLE,HOWARD
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1907
Book Description
1907. 1. (PYLE,HOWARD)illus. GALLANTRY by James Branch Cabell. New York: Harper Brother 1907 (Oct. 1907). 8vo (6 x 9"), grey cloth with elaborate silver,g old and white decoration, top edge gilt, Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Pyle with 4 beautiful mounted color plates. A nice copy.
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top edge gilt : The top of the text block (the edges the pages that are visible when looking directly down at the top of a closed book) has been decorated with a gold-like finish.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
