- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 6279
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: American Geographical Society
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1928
Book Description
New York: American Geographical Society, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning at board edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Grey cloth boards, black ink labels, gilt lettering, frontispiece, fold-out plates (3). 8vo. 289pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Chronology. Bibliography. Index.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
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.
