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Jefferson Davis: His Rise and Fall by Tate, Allen
- Bookseller: First Landing Books & Art
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 35409
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Edition: Second Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Minton, Balch & Co.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1929
Description
New York: Minton, Balch & Co., 1929 8vo, black cloth w/picture on front cover, black & white illustrations, 311pp. w/index. Second Printing. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scholarly Book.
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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