- Seller Inventory #: 05323
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: Possible First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- Place: London
- Date published: 1912
- Keywords: Biography, Scotland, Church of Scotland
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912 inscribed on ffep: "Lionel MacGregor from M.W. Xmas 1912"; corners bumped and rubbed, boards bent in at the corners; gilt embossed front board in a decorative celtic style; spine extremities a bit frayed and scuffed; overall very clean and tight 532-page volume, with full-page photo illustrations.. Possible First Edition. Vertically Ribbed Grain Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Quarto. Hard Cover.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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.
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.
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.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
quarto : A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
