- Seller Inventory #: 009049
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good/No Jacket
- Illustrator: Illus. 360 b/w Photos./drawings
- Edition: Second Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Henry Malkan
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1902
- Keywords: Native, American, Basket, Weaving, Crafts
New York: Henry Malkan. Good/No Jacket. 1902. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Ex. library rebound with gilt lettering/numbers on spine.Stamped "withdrawn" and library name several places. Pockets, etc., removed rear endpaper. A few smudges, but contents mostly clean and good. .
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a 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.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
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.
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).
rebound : A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
