- Bookseller: Jeff Weber Rare Books
- Seller Inventory #: M8419
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: 2
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Henry Schuman
- Place: New York:
- Date published: 1947
Book Description
New York:: Henry Schuman. 1947. hardcover. 2. 8vo. xvii, 429 pp. Bibliog. Red cloth, gilt spine. Ex library ms. spine label, bookplate, label on rear paste-down. Bookplate of H. P. Kraus. 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.
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.
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.
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.
