- Bookseller: Antic Hay Books
- Seller Inventory #: 855
- Book condition:
- Illustrator: HERSHBERGER, Ezra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1954
Book Description
1954. YODER, Sanford. HORSE TRAILS ALONG THE DESERT. Illustrated by Ezra Hershberger. Scottdale, Pennsylvania: Herald Press [1954]. Small 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Inscribed by Yoder on the front endpaper: "Sincerely, S.C. Yoder." Reminiscences of the days when pioneers were cowboys and rode the trails of the desert. Near fine (tasteful bookplate on front pastedwon); some edgewear & bit of light dampstaining (some fading spine & two-inch tear along flap fold) d/j.
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dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
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).
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
