- Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 198
- Book condition: Very Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: J. H. Ed. Heitz.
- Place: Strassburg
- Date published: 1914
Book Description
Strassburg: J. H. Ed. Heitz.. 1914. Very Good. 4to. xii,150pp. plus 73 multiple image photographic plates. Gray calf, spine faded and extremities lightly scuffed, over textured marbled boards.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
Marbled boards : A hardcover book with a decorative, multi-colored paper on the outside covering.
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.
calf : Leather binding made from calfskin. Most common form of leather binding.
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.
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.
