- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: m002334
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Edition: Ediiton Not Stated, Presumed First
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Bruce Publishing
- Place: Milwaukee
- Date published: 1948
Book Description
Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing. 1948. Ediiton Not Stated, Presumed First. Hardcover. Near Fine. Slightest wear & soil to cover & DJ. All pages clean, crisp and unmarked . Tight spine. Clean boards. Owner inscription and/or Previous Seller notation to front endpaper or inner cover, possibly also to Title page. Bookplate. Pages: 191 8vo.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a 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.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
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.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
