- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 2022
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition Thus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Saalfield Publishing
- Place: Chicago
- Date published: 1929
Book Description
Chicago: Saalfield Publishing, 1929. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear (tips through), corners very gently bumped (one slightly more so), white rear board shows even soiling, prior owner signature on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Quarter bound, gray cloth spine, color pictorial paper front board, white paper rear board, frontispiece. 8vo. 241pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). A rather handsome copy of this uncommon volume.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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.
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.
