- Bookseller: Hoffman Books
- Seller Inventory #: 19547
- Book condition: VG
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Friendship Press
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1949
Book Description
New York: Friendship Press. VG. 1949. Attractive mauve cloth over tan boards. 8vo. Printed glassine jacket. Light soil to bottom edge of cover, but a nice copy. The jacket has some chips, but it also is good. .
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
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
vg : Very Good condition. can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
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.
