For Art's Sake by Adam Emory Albright
- Bookseller: Dog Lovers Bookshop
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: biblio170
- Book condition: Very good
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Privately printed
- Date published: 1953
Description
Privately printed, 1953. Red cloth binding, 8vo, 178 pages, full-page black-and-white photos and reproductions of the artist's works. Memoir by a student of Thomas Eakins, published by the author with no public sales intended. Very good condition (some sunning; boards lightly soiled); no dust jacket, as issued.
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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