- Bookseller: Jeff Weber Rare Books
- Seller Inventory #: S4678
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: 2
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Chapman and Hall
- Place: London:
- Date published: 1889
Book Description
London:: Chapman and Hall. 1889. hardcover. 2. 230 x 150 mm. 8vo. vi, 170, [ads] 40 pp. Occasional pencil underlining and marginalia. Blind-stamped red cloth, gilt spine; spine lightly faded, lightly rubbed. Ex library bookplate of the Hay Fleming Reference Library, ms. spine number, ownership signature of D. Hay Fleming. Very good. . BM Readex, XX, p. 999.
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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.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
marginalia : Notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
