- Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 15509
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1963
Book Description
New York Harcourt, Brace & Company 1963 Hardcover First edition 73pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 green cloth over blue boards. Very good/Near fine. Subtle sunning to spine of jacket. Blind ownership embossment on title page
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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.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
