- Seller Inventory #: 007140
- Format: Hard Cover
- Book condition: Very Good+
- Jacket condition: No Dustjacket
- Edition: First Edition
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers
- Place: New York/London
- Date published: 1905
- Keywords: Novel Fiction Old Books signed By Author
Very clean blue ribbed cloth boards with stamped dark green decoration and cream lettering on cover and spine. No wear, faintest hint of fading to spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean and bright. Inscribed and SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. 185 pgs. SCARCE. 8vo. Novel.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
front free endpaper : The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book. It may be plain or decorative.
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.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
