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The Garland; or, Token of Friendship. A Christmas and New Year's Gift for 1851 by Percival, Emily [ed]
- Bookseller: Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 768
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Phillips, Sampson and Company,
- Place: Boston:
- Date published: 1851
- Pages: [1-6]-288 pp.
Description
Boston: : Phillips, Sampson and Company, , 1851. 8vo, . red embossed cloth blacked in gilt Hinges starting, extremities worn, foxing to ffeps, half title, and to plates, a fair copy.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example. 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. half title : The leaf which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at times, the author's name and/or other information may appear. Fair : is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, jacket (if any), etc., may also be worn. All defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly) Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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