- Bookseller: The Kelmscott Bookshop
- Seller Inventory #: 17081
- Format: Cloth.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Hall of Records Commission,
- Place: Annapolis:
- Date published: 1964.
Book Description
Annapolis:: The Hall of Records Commission,, 1964.. Cloth.. 8vo. In green cloth covered boards with gilt title stamp to spine and front cover. Minor edgewear with 1/2" closed tear/chip to head of spine cloth. Internally very clean. Onwer signature to front pastedown. "Maryland Symbols" pamphlet in pocket to rear pastedown. 807pp. MD/121505. 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.
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.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
