- Seller Inventory #: 03441
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: G+
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: Photographs Taken on the Tour
- Edition: Third Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Penn Publishing Co.
- Place: Philadelphia
- Date published: 1920
- Keywords: Travel In England/Great Britain, Travelling, Touring
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., 1920 Embossed illustration on front partly rubbed; gilt on front still clear and bright; on spine still legible. Textblock complete (including all B&W plates listed on pages vii to ix) and clean (plates foxed, but paper free of markings); binding good (minor cleft at page 112/113, but pages are safely sewn in); front hinge secure but loose; rear hinge separating, but held in place by gauze backing; top of page edges stained. Somewhat better than a reading copy.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. G+/No Jacket. Illus. by Photographs Taken on the Tour. Octavo.
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
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
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.
reading copy : Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage.
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.
foxed : A discoloration to paper, brown and yellowish spots.
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.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
