- Seller Inventory #: 5906
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: NY: Harper & Brothers, 1883, new edition
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1883, new edition. Quarto (10.25 in. by 6.75 in.); four volumes; olive cloth-covered boards; good hardcover; rubbed, bumped edges; cracked text block; nearly detached book covers; cracked hinges; torn endpapers..
cracked : In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate, revealing the stitching or binding underneath.
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.
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.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
