- Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 9837
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: E.P. Dutton
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1979
Book Description
New York E.P. Dutton 1979 Hardcover First Edition 198 pp. Octavo. 1/2 white cloth over green boards. Near fine/Fine. Jacket price clipped. SIGNED by the author on the front free endsheet. A series of travelogues from the celebrated writer.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
price clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
e.p. : When used to describe a book, the endpaper(s), The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
