- Bookseller: Riverow Bookshop, INC ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: BOOKS263195I
- Format: Cloth
- Book condition: G/G
- Illustrator: Black & White Photos & Illus
- Edition: .......
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place: New York, NY
- Date published: 1959
Book Description
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. G/G. 1959. ........ Cloth. 8vo., 318 pp., DJ edges chipped & frayed, bookplate, minor pencilling .
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.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
