- Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 231
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Boyd Printing Company.
- Place: Albany, NY
- Date published: (1926)
Book Description
Albany, NY: Boyd Printing Company.. (1926). Sm. 8vo. viii,138pp. Frontispiece portrait. Maroon cloth, gilt. Signed by Magee on the front free endpaper. Magee spent forty-three years in Southern California (1882-1925). Much local history is in cluded. Cowan p. 873.
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front free endpaper : The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book. It may be plain or decorative.
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.
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.
