Sexology by Walling, William H
- Bookseller: Greenberry House
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 001669
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: Later Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Puritan Publishing Company
- Place: Philadelphia
- Date published: 1912
Description
Philadelphia: Puritan Publishing Company, 1912. 231 pages. The attitudes of this book toward human relationships are funny now, but at the time they may have been tragic! Green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, frontispiece with facsimile signature of author. Spine and bottom of front cover discolored, some edgewear, corners bumped, back cover scrubbed, interior pages tanning with foxing of endpapers and page edges.. Later Printing. Original Cloth. Good/No Jacket.
jacket : Sometimes used as 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.
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.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
bumped : 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.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
facsimile : An exact copy of an original work.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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