ROBINSON CRUSOE FRONTIS FROM FIRST EDITION 1713 by Defoe, Daniel
- Bookseller: poor mans books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 3211
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Walter J. Black
Description
Walter J. Black. Very Good with no dust jacket Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book clean and crisp, beige hopsack cloth boards with red, black and gilt spine and device on front board. Sound and tight. One of 24 Classics published for the Classics Club by Black. .
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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.
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.
device : A printers mark which usually appears on either the colophon or the title page.
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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