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Venus & Adonis by [Shakespeare, William] Bullen, A.H
- Bookseller: Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB
(CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 575
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Shakespeare Head Press,
- Place: Stratford-On-Avon:
- Date published: 1905
- Pages: 50, [8] pp
Description
Stratford-On-Avon: : The Shakespeare Head Press,, 1905. 8vo,. cloth backed boards. Very slight rubbing to boards, some pages untrimmed, near fine. Limited to 510 numbered copies. Printed on handmade paper. with an Afterword by A.H. Bullen
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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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