- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 007074
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Philadelphia Skelly & Co.
Book Description
Philadelphia Skelly & Co.. No date, but ownership signature dated 1869. In the style of American Tract Society children's stories. Small 8vo, plum cloth, 108 pp., frontis woodcut. VG, darkening to edges and to spine. Set in Ire land, County Kent, featuring good little Amy Delany.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
vg : Very Good condition. can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
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.
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.
