- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 4242
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition Thus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1936
Book Description
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very minor shelf/edge wear, bump to bottom edge of front board, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light toning, moderate toning at spine, several small closed tears and light shallow chipping at edges, else clean. Light tan cloth boards, black ink lettering and pictorial elements. 8vo. 148pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Notes.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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. Also known as the back.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. 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 folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
Closed tears : Tears in which no material has been lost.
