- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 6351
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Hallowell Register Press
- Place: Hallowell, ME
- Date published: 1902
Book Description
Hallowell, ME: Hallowell Register Press, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, tips gently bumped, boards very lightly toned, else tight, bright and unmarred. Light grey boards, gilt lettering, decorative endpages, frontispiece. Small 8vo. 52pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Interestingly, while on the title page, the author is "H.K. Baker", on the front board it is "G.K. Baker". Overall, a handsome copy of this rather scarce work.
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.
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.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
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.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
