- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 6499
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: Limited Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Boxwood Press
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Date published: 1958
Book Description
Pittsburgh, PA: The Boxwood Press, 1958. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, bump to tail, owner emboss at ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering, beige endpages. Narrow 8vo. 25pp. Limited edition of 500 copies.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
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.
tail : The heel of the spine.
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.
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.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
