- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 4683
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Falmouth Publishing House
- Place: Manchester, NH
- Date published: 1952
Book Description
Manchester, NH: Falmouth Publishing House, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, light rubbing, else bright and clean. Yellow cloth boards, green ink lettering and pictorial elements. Small 8vo. 296pp.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
