- Bookseller: Argonaut Book Shop
- Seller Inventory #: 5448
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Privately Printed
- Date published: 1968
Book Description
Privately Printed, 1968 First edition. Octavo. 37pp. Black & white plates. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Minor shelf wear, a near fine copy. This catalog of medals forms a short sequel to the larger catalog of mementos from David Salomons House. The collection consists of two parts, the first concerning railways, the second comprising a number of occasional pieces, many of which commorate some major event in the city of London. .
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octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
