- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 3851
- Format: Original Stringbound Wraps.
- Edition: First Edition (presumed)
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Rand McNally City Guides & Maps
- Place: New York
- Date published: nd [circa 1910]
Book Description
New York: Rand McNally City Guides & Maps, nd [circa 1910]. First Edition (presumed). Original Stringbound Wraps.. Light/moderate shelf/edge wear, light chipping, closed tears at head and heel (head repaired with archival tape), moisture stain at bottom edge, dark stain across top front edge (please request image), else tight, bright and unmarred. Brown paper wraps, dark ink lettering and decorative elements, color paper onlay, seller plate at rear wrap, tipped in b/w plates. Oblong 4to. np (approx. 24pp). Illus. (b/w plates). An exceptional collection of period images.
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wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
heel : The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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.
nd : no publisher's date given
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
plate : Full page illustration or photograph. 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.
tipped in : used to describe something which has been glued into a book, for example a bookplate.
Closed tears : Tears in which no material has been lost.
