- Bookseller: Jeff Weber Rare Books
- Seller Inventory #: S2322
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: 2
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: University of Texas Bulletin, No. 1945, (August 10
- Place: In:
- Date published: 1919
Book Description
In:: University of Texas Bulletin, No. 1945, (August 10. 1919. hardcover. 2. 301 x 228 mm. 4to. 128 pp. 1 figs., bibliog., 21 plates, index; first and last leaves browned. Quarter dark brown sheep, raised bands, gilt spine, marbled boards, decorative end-leaves; rubbed, leather scuffed. Ex library ms. number on top cover, pocket removed from front paste-down, rubber stamps. Very good.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
Marbled boards : A hardcover book with a decorative, multi-colored paper on the outside covering.
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.
raised band(s) : On leather bound books, the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine.
leaves : When used to refer to a part of a book means the book's pages.
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.
paste-down : The portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a book. Often used as front paste-down or rear past-down.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
