|
|
The Heart of Hyacinth by Watanna, Onoto
- Bookseller: Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 775
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers,
- Place: New York and London:
- Date published: 1903.
- Pages: [iii], [251] pp
Description
New York and London: : Harper & Brothers, , 1903. . First edition. 8vo, . Illustrated with 4 colour plates and decorations by Kiyokichi Sano. lavender pictorial cloth with gilt lettering, t.e.g. Extremities and spine ends lightly rubbed, one plate detached but present. A charming folk story set in Sendai, Japan.
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.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
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.
plate : Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
|
|
0 items in cart
