- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 000187
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: LondonLondon: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1931
Book Description
LondonLondon: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1931. Good Plus. in No Jacket dj. Cloth (blue), gilt lettering . Light sopil to cover and to upper edve of text block, otherwise clean. Book Plate as well as pervious owner signature to Title page. 266 pages. Binding is Cloth. 8vo 5.25" x 7.5"
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DJ : Short for 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
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.
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.
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.
