- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 3918
- Format: Hardcover.
- Edition: Early Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1895 [1908]
Book Description
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895 [1908]. Early Reprint. Hardcover.. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of toning at spine, one corner gently bumped, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, black, green and black ink decorative elements, frontispiece, tissueguard. 8vo. vii, 192pp. Illus. (b/w plates) One of Pyle's last books for young people. Overall, a very presentable copy.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound 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.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
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.
