- Bookseller: Jeff Weber Rare Books
- Seller Inventory #: SGG10764
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: 2
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Place: Chicago:
- Date published: 1954
Book Description
Chicago:: University of Chicago Press. 1954. hardcover. 2. 8vo. xv, (372) pp. Illustrations, index. Black cloth, blind stamped cover, orange and white stamped spine title, dust-jacket; jacket worn. Very Good.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
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.
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.
