- Bookseller: The Old London Bookshop, ABAA/ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 444
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Publisher: Harper and Bros.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1940
Book Description
New York: Harper and Bros., 1940. hardcover. Very Good. Harper & Bros. NY 1940. 8vo. Tan cloth over bds. sans DJ. Cover has minor soil and spine slightly cocked, thus VG.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
DJ : Short 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)
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.
cocked : Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not align when the book is lying flat. Severity may differ.
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.
bds : An abbreviation used for boards, used to describe the front and back coverings of a hard covered book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
