- Bookseller: Riverow Bookshop, INC ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: BOOKS265783I
- Format: Cloth
- Book condition: G/--
- Illustrator: Black & White Photos & Illus
- Edition: 3rd Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Valentine's Manual, Inc.
- Place: New York, NY
- Date published: (1926)
Book Description
New York, NY: Valentine's Manual, Inc.. G/--. (1926). 3rd Printing. Cloth. Color Frontispiece, gilt design Tpage . 8vo., 388 pp., cover rubbed, corners frayed, ink stamp inside cover, bookplate .
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
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.
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.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
