- Bookseller: Argonaut Book Shop
- Seller Inventory #: 1355
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1913
Book Description
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913 First edition. Illustrated with eight black & white plates. Blue embossed cloth, lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the extremities, else a fine copy..
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rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.