KATE GREENAWAY'S MOTHER GOOSE or the Old Nursery Rhymes

chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.

4to : Or 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.