- Bookseller: Argosy Book Store
- Seller Inventory #: 24868
- Format: Hardcover
- Binding: Hardcover
Book Description
hardcover. 670pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, 1962.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
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.
