- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 2005
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1928
Book Description
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear, head and heel show touch of fraying, spine very lightly sun touched, gilt at spine toned, else tight, bright and unmarred. Orange cloth boards, gilt lettering, pictorial endpages, top of text block in gilt, frontispiece (w/ tissue guard). 8vo. 294pp. Illus. (b/w plates). From the heyday of the big game safari, an account by Johnson (a well-known big game hunter) of hunting in Uganda, Kenya and the areas around Lake Victoria. A handsome copy of this well-executed tome.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
