Abby Reiter
March 11th, 2014
LIBR 280-12 History of Books & Libraries
Professor Elizabeth Wrenn-Estes
San Jose State University
School of Library & Information Science

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Book Size & Format

The size of a book is usually measured using the height against the leaf width but a book can also be measured by the height against the cover width. These book size measurements have been categorized by library science personnel and publishers into a set of technical terms used to indicate the format of the book. Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story is Duodecimo, also known as Twelvemo (see Figure 26) (Trussel.com, 2014).

Figure 26

The book's size is approximately 7 3/8 inces high by 5 inches wide by 1 1/2 inches deep (see Figures 27, 28, & 29).

Figure 27
7 3/8" High

Figure 28
5" Wide

Figure 29
1 1/2" Deep

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