- Bookseller: The Kelmscott Bookshop
- Seller Inventory #: 15013
- Format: Cloth.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Doubleday and Company,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: 1971.
Book Description
New York:: Doubleday and Company,, 1971.. Cloth.. 8vo. In green cloth covered boards with gilt title stamp to spine. In VG DJ with minor edgewear and rubbing to panels. Interior is clean and bright with color pictures of the "reed raft" voyage on the open ocean. 341pp. MARI/100704. Very Good in Very Good dj.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
