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Silver, Pewter, & Sheffield Plate by Burgess, Fred W., Illustrated by "With 85 Illustra
- Bookseller: Once Upon a Time Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 8483
- Format: Hard Cover
- Book condition: Good ++
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1947
- Date published: 1947
Description
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1947. 1947. Hard Cover. Good ++. Hard Cover. Good++/Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 304pages. Interior - near-flawless condition w/ a moderate amount of B&W illustrations and an owner's inscr. on the front free page. The dark green boards and spine have only a small amount of edgewear. The DJ has a 1"X2" open tear on the top of the front cover, and there is light-to-moderate wear/tear along the edging.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short 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.
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.
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