- Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 2336
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press.
- Place: London
- Date published: N.d. (1889)
Book Description
London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press.. N.d. (1889). Sq. 8vo. (2),xxiv,42pp. plus (2)pp. publisher's ads. Illustrated with an engraved frontis. and 7 engraved plates. Orig. gilt printed black boards, minor rubbing at extremities. Some foxing to a few final leaves.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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.
leaves : When used to refer to a part of a book means the book's pages.
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.
