- Bookseller: Jeff Weber Rare Books
- Seller Inventory #: M09895
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: 3
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Lea & Febiger
- Place: Philadelphia and New York:
- Date published: 1912
Book Description
Philadelphia and New York:: Lea & Febiger. 1912. hardcover. 3. 244 x 159 mm. 8vo. vi, (17)-366 pp. 109 figs., 10 color plates, index. Blind-stamped dark green cloth, gilt spine; spine ends frayed. Good. . Both authors worked at Columbia University, Department of Dermatology. Includes an illustrated account of hypertrophia pilorum, or abnormal hair growth.
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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.
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
