- Bookseller: Jeff Weber Rare Books
- Seller Inventory #: AA0859
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: .
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Macmillan
- Place: London & New York:
- Date published: 1901
Book Description
London & New York:: Macmillan. 1901. hardcover. .. Series: The Cambridge Natural History, Vol. VIII. 235 x 165 mm. Thick 8vo. xiii, 668, [ads, 4] pp. Color frontis. map, 181 figs., index; water- staining in gutter; light foxing. Modern dark green buckram, gilt spine. . "The drawings on wood were, with few exceptions, made by Miss M. E. Durham, mostly from living specimens." From the preface.
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MM : Mass Market Paperback. Often thought of as the pocket paperback.
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.
buckram : A cloth made of cotton or linen which is used to cover a book.