A HUNDRED YEARS OF ASTRONOMY by Waterfield, Reginald L
- Bookseller: Commonwealth Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 200252
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: London : Duckworth, (1938)
Description
London : Duckworth, (1938). 8vo. Black cloth. 526 pp. Spine faded, with light wear to head and heel. Light bumping to corners. Very light discoloration to pages. Previous owner’s name in pencil on free front endpaper. Includes “author’s compliments” card from the publisher. Very good.
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.
bumping : 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.
heel : The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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