Oxford - Historic Towns
by Boase, Charles
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Bibliographic Details
- Format: Hardback.
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Longmans, Green
- Date published: 1887
- Pages: x + 230 + 16 pp. of pubs ads.
- Subjects:
TRAVEL / Europe / General;
Book Description
Longmans, Green , 1887 . Hardback. . Spine slightly sunned, spine and front edges bumped, but a lovely bright copy. Frontispiece map worn along one fold but intact. Other map perfect. 8vo red cloth with gilt decoration on front and gilt title on spine. No DW. Decorated endpapers.
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. 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. frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page. sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun. 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. 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. endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book. Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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