- Bookseller: Jeff Weber Rare Books
- Seller Inventory #: M6121
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Pacini Mariotti
- Place: Pisa:
- Date published: 1947
Book Description
Pisa:: Pacini Mariotti. 1947. paperback. 1. At head of title: Clinica Ostetrica Ginecologica dell'Università di Roma. 246 x 182 mm. 8vo. 406 pp. Port., tables, figs. Red cloth, black-stamped spine, original wrappers bound in. Omaggio rubber stamped on title. Bookplate, ownership rubber stamp on title. Fine.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
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.
wrappers : Paperback or softbound. Also, wraps.
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.
