- Seller Inventory #: 32591
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904
- Date published: 1904
- Keywords: Americana Southern Short Stories
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition as stated BAL 15393; small 8vo; cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and top page edge and other page edges deckled; hardcover; 274 pages; glossy black and white illustrated plates by Fisher, A.B. Frost, and Yohn; owner's name and date on free front endpaper; a volume of Southern stories; edgeworn covers especially at spine ends and corners that are bumped else a very good clean tight copy.
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.
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.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
