- Bookseller: The Kelmscott Bookshop
- Seller Inventory #: 17362
- Format: Hard Cover.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: 1898.
Book Description
New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1898.. Hard Cover.. 8vo. In illustrated green cloth covered boards with gilt title stamp to spine and gilt and black title stamp and illustration to front board. Small chip to head of spine cloth, slightly darkened spine, minor bumping to corners. Interior is very clean with only light toning. Darkening to dedication page due to three news clippings laid in. Front hinge starting. Ads to rear. 584pp. CIV/022206. Very Good.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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.
bumping : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
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.
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.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
laid in : something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
