The Man Without a Soul by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Bookseller: Lost for Words: Books & Ephemera
 (NZ)
- Seller Inventory #: 4500
- Format: Hard Cover
- Book condition: Good++
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Methuen.
- Place: London.
- Date published: 1922
Description
London.: Methuen., 1922. Hard Cover. Good++/No Jacket. States "First published in Great Britain in 1922", 'Colonial Library' stamped in purple ink on title page. Octavo. 209pp + 8pp of other publications by Methuen in rear. Red boards lettered and decorated in black, spine sunned and slightly canted; head and foot of spine and corners all just slightly bumped; page edges browned and spotted; endpapers lightly browned; scattered foxing throughout; front and rear hinge just starting to split but very strong. Good.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
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.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
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