- Bookseller: Austin's Antiquarian Books
- Seller Inventory #: 7082
- Format: Octavo,
- Book condition: Good or better in good jacket. Light wearing of the extremities. Edges lightly soiled. Small soil spots on pastedowns. Jacke
- Illustrator: Illustrated.
- Publisher: The Bobs-Merrill Company,
- Place: Indianapolis:
- Date published: (1929).
Book Description
Indianapolis: : The Bobs-Merrill Company, , (1929).. Octavo,. Good or better in good jacket. Light wearing of the extremities. Edges lightly soiled. Small soil spots on pastedowns. Jacket chipped with moderate edgewear. Verso foxed. Looks better than it sounds.. Illustrated. . red cloth, gilt, in dust jacket. Circa 1953.
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dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
foxed : A discoloration to paper, brown and yellowish spots.
soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
verso : The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
