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Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789 by Young, Arthur (ed. Miss Betham-Edwards)
- Bookseller: High Barn Books
 (GB)
- Seller Inventory #: 23191
- Format: Hardback.
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: George Bell and Sons
- Date published: 1900
- Pages: 366 pp
Description
George Bell and Sons , 1900 . Hardback. . VG+ hardback, no dustwrapper. Light bumping to edges, esp. spine extremities). Clean, unmarked text. 8vo red cloth.
dustwrapper : Another term for 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.
bumping : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
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.
e.p. : When used to describe a book, the endpaper(s), 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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