- Bookseller: The Kelmscott Bookshop
- Seller Inventory #: 16769
- Format: Cloth.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Hokuseido Press,
- Place: Japan:
- Date published: 1940.
Book Description
Japan:: The Hokuseido Press,, 1940.. Cloth.. 8vo. In dark blue cloth covered boards with silver title stamp to spine and front cover. Minor overall wear to cloth and slight warp to rear board. Rear hinge starting. Internally very clean and sound with many b/w and color illustrations. Owner stamp to FFEP. 225pp. JAP/091405. 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.
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.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
