Northern Spain by Wigram, Edgar
- Bookseller: Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 007459
- Book condition: Very Good
- Illustrator: Folding Map & 75 Watercolor Prints with Tissue Guards
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: A & C Black
- Place: London
- Date published: 1906
Description
London: A & C Black, 1906. A very nice copy of the orange, decorated cloth , no fading on the spine, and only the slightest edgewear. Inside , very clean and tight, with new endpapers. Top edge gilt. The spine has been rebacked, but the repairs are professional and invisible. Pages xvi, 311 with index, plus 4 pages of publisher ads. Very readable book, still a fine description of Spain as it was a Century ago. Inman 75.. Very Good. Illus. by Folding Map & 75 Watercolor Prints with Tissue Guards. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
top edge gilt : The top of the text block (the edges the pages that are visible when looking directly down at the top of a closed book) has been decorated with a gold-like finish.
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.
rebacked : having had the material covering the spine replaced.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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