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Oakdale Boys in Camp by Morgan Scott
- Bookseller: Birchwood Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 1371
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: Poor
- Illustrator: Uncredited
- Edition: Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: A. L. Burt Company
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1912
Description
New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1912 This is a very early reprint in a rare dust jacket. Color illustrated jacket is heavily worn at edges. Large chip at head of spine and part of front panel, part of title is missing. Jacket is now protected by Brodart. Tan cloth with brown titles and brown red and grey illustrations of fisherman on spine and cover. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Points are rubbed and beginng to fray. Binding is tight. Previous owners name in pencil on ffep. Black and white frontispiece. 306p. plus several pages of ads. . Reprint. Cloth. Good/Poor. Illus. by Uncredited. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
12mo : An abbreviation for duodecimo, a book size describing a book which is approximately 7 by 4.5 inches.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
tail : The heel of the spine.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
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.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
Brodart : Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The name refers to the company by the same name which produces many book repair and archival products.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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