- Bookseller: Jeff Weber Rare Books
- Seller Inventory #: BL1518
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: 2
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: John Murray
- Place: London:
- Date published: 1903
Book Description
London:: John Murray. 1903. hardcover. 2. 8vo. xvi, 451, ads. [4] pp. Frontis., plates, figs., index. Dark blue cloth, gilt-stamped cover decoration and spine title; small tears to top spine end. Burndy bookplate. Very good.
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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.
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.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
