- Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 13714
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Rinehart & Company, Inc.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1947
Book Description
New York Rinehart & Company, Inc. 1947 Hardcover First edition 277pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Red paper covered boards. Very good / Good only. The covers are mildly stained. The edges of the covers are rubbed. Spine rolled. Pages mildly browned. Heavy chipping and creasing to extremities of jacket with subtle losses. Faded spine. Jacket price clipped. Tanner A10.
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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
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
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.
price clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
