- Seller Inventory #: SJ652
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Illustrator: E. Boyd Smith
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
- Place: Boston
- Date published: 1904
- Keywords: Western Fiction, Classic Westerns, Western Americana
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904 355pp. wearing along the outside gutter, previous owners name on inside front cover, otherwise textblock clean and tight; illustrated olive-green binding with moderate wear along the edges and spine. Moderate rubbing, pen scratches on back cover, bumped corners.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by E. Boyd Smith. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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.
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.
gutter : The inside margin of a book, the edge of the pages nearing the binding.
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.
