- Seller Inventory #: 010197
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Illustrator: Gibbings, Robert
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Dutton
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1945
New York: Dutton, 1945. First edition. Decorative green cloth binding with ship on water in gilt and maroon, gilt on maroon titles, 256 pp. Lovely engravings by the author throughout. Engraved title. Previous owner name in pencil, minor scuffing. Near fine.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. Illus. by Gibbings, Robert. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
