- Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 4159
- Book condition:
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: J. W. Daughaday.
- Place: Philadelphia
- Date published: 1863
Book Description
Philadelphia: J. W. Daughaday.. 1863. First edition. First edition. Sm. 8vo. 286pp. Plus (2)pp. publisherís ads. Illus. with a frontis. portrait and 5 plates. Bound in 1/2 brown morocco, gilt, over marbled boards, tiny gouge on spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Some foxing and soiling.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
Marbled boards : A hardcover book with a decorative, multi-colored paper on the outside covering.
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.
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.
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.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
