Some Recollections of Jean Ingelow and Her Early Friends by [Ingelow, Jean]
- Bookseller: High Barn Books
 (GB)
- Seller Inventory #: 9507
- Format: Hardback.
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Wells Garner, Darton and Co
- Date published: 1901
- Pages: 168 pp
Description
Wells Garner, Darton and Co , 1901 . Hardback. . VG++ copy. Light bumping to top and bottom of spine, small scuff mark on back. Light foxing to outer pages and sporadic light foxing throughout. 8vo blue silk-covered boards with gilt title on front and spine. Frontispiece of Jean Ingelow. Top edge gilt.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
top edge gilt : The top of the text block (the edges the pages that are visible when looking directly down at the top of a closed book) has been decorated with a gold-like finish.
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.
bumping : 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.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
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.
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