- Seller Inventory #: EC10327BB
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Ocean County Historical Society
- Place: Toms River, New Jersey
- Date published: 1976
- Keywords: HISTORY NEW JERSEY OCEAN COUNTY
Toms River, New Jersey: Ocean County Historical Society, 1976. BR2 - Book has wrinkling and wear on the spine edges and gutter edges, some bug stains and damage on the page edges and upper spine, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise good. Folded map in the back fixed endpaper pocket. Green covered boards with gilt lettering.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term 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.
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.
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).
gutter : The inside margin of a book, the edge of the pages nearing the binding.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
