Titles starting with M from Lodowick Adams, Bookseller

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.

soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.

DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.

Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.

ISBN : International Standard Book Number

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.

bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).

dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.

Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.

dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.

Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.

boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.

dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.

remainder mark : Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on the edges of the text block in the form of a marker stripe or a stamp of some sort.

Remainder marks considerably lower the overall collectibility of a title, although, in some cases, they are acceptable to a collector.

wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.

boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.

dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.

Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.

dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.

ISBN : International Standard Book Number

dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a 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.

dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.

Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.

ISBN : International Standard Book Number

ISBN : International Standard Book Number

pb : paperback

pub : Common abbreviation for 'published'