- Seller Inventory #: 007102
- Book condition: Good
- Illustrator: Illus. Color Plates and b/w Drawings
- Edition: No Other Date
- Publisher: M.A. Donohue & Co.
- Place: Chicago Copyright 1912
- Keywords: Juvenile, Color, Lithographs
Chicago Copyright 1912: M.A. Donohue & Co.. Good. No Other Date. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Chipping along spine and edges of covers illus. color. Owner's name/address front endpaper. Rear endpaper missing. Some light soiling, but mostly clean and nice. Some offsetting to some plates. Illus. b/w drawings and color lithographs. .
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.
12mo : An abbreviation for duodecimo, a book size describing a book which is approximately 7 by 4.5 inches.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
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).
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.