Whole-page illustrations printed on a different type of paper than the text. Illustrations printed in the text pages are called cuts. Points refer to distinguishing characteristics or printing or paper differences between one edition or state of a book and another state or edition of a book. These are books that have three-dimensional pictures that have been cut or glued into the book so that they pop up when the book is opened. They became prevalent in the 19th century but existed as early as the 16th century.
Early examples are rare since they are easily destoryed with repeated use.
A pedigree of the book's ownership which relates the history of ownership or possession of the book. This rarely affects the price of the book unless it comes from a famous person's library. Implies the books is extremely scarce, perhaps only turning up once every ten years or so. The publisher will mark the bottom edges of books sold as remainders with a stamp, a black marker, or spray paint, which speckles the bottom. A group of volumes or a set of books with a common on-going theme, stories about a specific group of characters, or a set of books designated as a series by a publisher issued in succession.