- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 2537
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Ginn & Co.
- Place: Boston
- Date published: 1907
Book Description
Boston: Ginn & Co., 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear, corners gently bumped, light fraying at head and heel, spine shows light toning, owner inscriptions on ffep, small tear on plate page (no loss), else tight, bright and unmarred. Rust cloth boards, black ink lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece. 8vo. ix, 154pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Overall, a rather handsome copy of this increasingly scarce volume.
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.
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.
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.
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.
plate : Full page illustration or photograph. 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.
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.
