- Seller Inventory #: SJ6139
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good+
- Illustrator: Willy Pogany
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: William Godwin, Inc.
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1933
- Keywords: Classic Literature, Willy Pogany, Classic Middle Eastern Literature
NY: William Godwin, Inc., 1933 owner's name & address in ink on ffep, otherwise textblock is very clean and tight; rubbed and lightly shelf worn with beveled edges; frayed slightly at the spine head; unpaginated.. Black Cloth. Very Good+. Illus. by Willy Pogany. 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.
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.
beveled : The boards of the book have been cut at an angle.
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.
shelf worn : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
