- Seller Inventory #: 000393
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good+
- Jacket condition: Very Good++
- Edition: Later Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd.
- Place: London
- Keywords: Historical Fiction; Colonial American Period; North Carolina
London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd. Slight roll to spine; age darkening to page edges, but inside pages clean and tightly bound. Red cloth board with still-bright gilt lettering. Colours of pictorial front cover of dust jacket still bright; light soiling and minor chipping to rear panel - now in protective mylar cover. Price marked at "12/6 d." on front bottom of jacket flap.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
