- Bookseller: Jeff Weber Rare Books
- Seller Inventory #: AA2505
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: 2
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- Place: London:
- Date published: 1946
Book Description
London:: Faber & Faber. 1946. hardcover. 2. Small 8vo. 292 pp. Olive cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine title; spine sunfaded. Very good.
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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.
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.
