- Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 269
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: (California Academy of Medicine).
- Place: San Francisco
- Date published: 1930
Book Description
San Francisco: (California Academy of Medicine).. 1930. Lg. 8vo. (10),186.(2)pp. plus 18 photographic plates. Index. Edition limited to 957 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Red cloth with black calf spine label. GRABHORN BIBLIOGRAPHY, #141.
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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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
