Historic Examples of American Printing and Typography; A Guide to an Exhibition in the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan (Bulletin XXXII)

wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.

tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.

sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.

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.