- Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 3953
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Charles Scribnerís Sons.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1882
Book Description
New York: Charles Scribnerís Sons.. 1882. 4to. xii,70pp. Illustrated with 32 plates (3 by Howard Pyle, 4 by A. B. Frost, etc.). Orig. pictorial cloth, elaborately stamped in blind, gilt & black. Very minor fraying at extremities, front inner hinge starting. A.e.g.
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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.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. 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.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
