- Seller Inventory #: DC3074
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Illustrator: Oliver Herford
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Hioughton Mifflin
- Place: Boston
- Date published: 1897
- Keywords: Juvenile Classics, Children's Classics, Literary Classics
Boston: Hioughton Mifflin, 1897. front end papers reglued at the gutter, child's name in pencil on verso of the ffep, otherwise a clean tight textblock; original muted green end papers; binding has moderate spine extremity and corner wear and fraying; 270pp.. Illustrated Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Oliver Herford. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
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.
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.
verso : The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
gutter : The inside margin of a book, the edge of the pages nearing the binding.
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.
