- Seller Inventory #: SJ1459
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Illustrator: Photographs
- Edition: Early Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Century Co.
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1915
- Keywords: Suitability, Simplicity, Proportion, Old Washington Irving House, Developement of Modern House, Interior Decoration
NY: The Century Co., 1915 first published in 1913; top edge gilt; previous owner's signature on ffep, otherwise textblock is very clean and tight. moderately worn, slightly spine-faded binding; 322pp.. Early Reprint. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
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.
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.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
