- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: m004310
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good.
- Edition: Later Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Henry Holt
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1908
Book Description
NY: Henry Holt. 1908. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.. Slight wear & soil to cover. Owner inscription and/or Previous Seller notation to front endpaper or inner cover. Corners lightly bumped. All pages clean, crisp and unmarked . Tight spine. There are pieces of tape present on the boards from where a DJ had been attached at some point. Clean boards. Pages lightly tanned. Boards lightly sunned. The top 2" of the Contents page has been excised - no text missing. Front boards & corners have a light shelf abrasion. Pages: 247. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.. Cloth..
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
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.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
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.
bumped : 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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
