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Jimsey by Van Dresser, Jasmine Stone
- Bookseller: Julie's Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 006839
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fair
- Quantity available: 1
- Illustrator: Dorothy Lake Gregory
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Rand McNally & Company
- Place: Chicago, New York
- Date published: 1923
Description
Chicago, New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1923 Story of two little Southern girls, written in Southern dialect, during the 1800's. Moderate wear to blue cloth boards & centered pictorial paste-down. No names or markings, cracked inside hinge, Frontis print is taped in 3 places to the title page, Four full color prints on coated stock by Dorothy Lake Gregory. Page 73 is unattached but still present & in great shape. Mild dust soil throughout margins & edging (nothing serious). 90pp.. Hard Cover. Fair. Illus. by Dorothy Lake Gregory. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
cracked : In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate, revealing the stitching or binding underneath.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
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.
paste-down : The portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a book. Often used as front paste-down or rear past-down.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
Fair : is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, jacket (if any), etc., may also be worn. All defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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