32mo

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noun paper Abbreviation of thirty-twomo; a size of paper cut from standard uncut free sheets, corresponding to such a sheet folded into thirty-two leaves, yielding sixty-four pages when printed on both sides. Page size is dependent on the size of sheet used, with the largest standard size, Atlas (36" by 26") yielding a page size of 6-1/2" by 4-1/2".
noun printing A book with leaves of such size, about the size of a contemporary trade paperback.

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Cf the printing terms 32mo (thirty-twomo) & 64mo (sixty-fourmo).

On twoth DC 2008
Some think that we are too effete or somehow trying to be elite – but what if, instead of 16mo, 24mo, and 32mo we wrote sextodecimo, vigesimoquarto, and trigesimosecundo?

biblio poetry - Dimensions 2008
Some think that we are too effete or somehow trying to be elite – but what if, instead of 16mo, 24mo, and 32mo we wrote sextodecimo, vigesimoquarto, and trigesimosecundo?

Archive 2008-06-01 2008
Less than a quarter of an hour afterward he returned, carrying in triumph a little volume in 32mo.

Monsieur Lecoq �mile Gaboriau 2003
That quaint divine Dean Swift of St. Patricks, Dublin, edited some curious poetry for "A Royal Primer," sqr. 32mo, published in the Seven

Banbury Chap Books And Nursery Toy Book Literature Edwin Pearson
Morning and Evening Hour, _combined_. 32mo edition.

A Missionary Twig Emma L. Burnett
Decorative Title-page and Photogravure Frontispiece. 32mo, cloth extra, each 1s. nett; leather, each 1s. 6d. nett.

To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks
Royal 32mo. cloth, 2s.; morocco. 4s. 6d.; morocco extra, by Hayday, at various prices.

Notes and Queries, Number 64, January 18, 1851 Various
A Companion to the Holy Communion. 32mo, cloth, 1s.

To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks
Sixth edition, 32mo. with Engravings, price 4s. 6d. cloth; morocco, 6s.

Notes and Queries, Number 02, November 10, 1849 Various