- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 2523
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Co.
- Place: Indianapolis
- Date published: 1926
Book Description
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear, wear at tips (through), head and heel show wear and fraying, spine shows sunning, gilt at spine toned, several paling spots on boards, prior owner signature and notation at front endpages, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements, frontispiece. 8vo. 464pp plus Index. Illus. (b/w plates). Index. Noted biography of this reknowned public health pioneer. Nice reading copy.
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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.
reading copy : Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage.
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.
