- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0035898
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Macmillan Company
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1916
Book Description
New York: The Macmillan Company. 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. 1916 publication . Very Good+ hard back book with no dust jacket. All pages clean, crisp and without markings. Strong, tight spine. Page 33 nearly detached from spine. Boards show edgewear and bumping, especially to spinehead and foot. Some light soiling to endpapers. 183 pp. Large Octavo.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
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.
bumping : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
