- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 1503
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Estes and Lauriat
- Place: Boston
- Date published: [circa 1890]
Book Description
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, [circa 1890]. Reprint. Hardcover. Spine lightly toned, boards show light toning, light foxing, moderate shelf wear, through on corners, head and heel show fraying, prior owners inscription on ffep, same owners bookplate partially removed from rear paste down, small pricing sticker on ffep, rear joint cracked, else tight, bright and unmarred. White cloth beveled boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, silver gilt decorative elements, blue and red ink decorative elements, plates protected by printed tissue. 8vo. 297pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
heel : The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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.
cracked : In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate, revealing the stitching or binding underneath.
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.
beveled : The boards of the book have been cut at an angle.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
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.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
