The Binding of Books. An Essay in the History of Gold-Tooled Bindings
by Horne, Herbert P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Used - Good. 1894. First Edition. Cloth, no dj, as issued, 8vo, xiii and 224 pp. Deckled edges. Sunning to spine. Boards bumped and rubbed. Slightly cocked. General browning to text block and leaves. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. A sound reading copy. (Subject: Books on Books.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Q05083
- Title
- The Binding of Books. An Essay in the History of Gold-Tooled Bindings
- Author
- Horne, Herbert P
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co
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Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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