Through the Moon Door: The Experiences of an American Resident in Peking by GRAHAM, Dorothy
- Bookseller: Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 7713
- Format: Publisher's maroon cloth
- Book condition: Very good; front hinge tender, spine a little bumped and frayed at top
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: 1926
- Place: J. H. Sears and Co
- Pages: x, 341 pp
Description
J. H. Sears and Co: 1926. First edition. Publisher's maroon cloth. Very good; front hinge tender, spine a little bumped and frayed at top. Large 8vo. With 32 plates.
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.
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.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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