- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: ma000405
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fine
- Illustrator: Zaffo, George
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Doubleday and Company
- Place: Garden City
- Date published: 1969
Book Description
Garden City: Doubleday and Company. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Slightest wear & soil to cover & DJ. there are two neatly closed 2" tears to the edge of the DJ. DJ Price Clipped or Punched. All pages clean, crisp and unmarked. Tight spine. Clean boards. All now attractively enclosed in an archival Mylar Jacket protector. Pages: 153. 4to.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a 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
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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
