- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 2841
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition Thus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: J.B. Ford and Company
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1874
Book Description
New York: J.B. Ford and Company, 1874. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, spine lightly sunned, gift inscription on ffep, small private library plate on front pastedown, tear at rfep and 2pp of ads with large chip missing, else tight, bright and unmarred. Brick cloth boards, gilt lettering, black ink decorative elements, brick endpages, frontispiece. 12mo. 549pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Overall, a very presentable copy of this signficant history.
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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.
12mo : An abbreviation for duodecimo, a book size describing a book which is approximately 7 by 4.5 inches.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
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.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
rfep : Rear free end paper. The last blank sheet of paper bound into the rear of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
