- Bookseller: Antic Hay Books
- Seller Inventory #: 51393
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1942
Book Description
1942. YEAGER, Dorr. GREY DAWN THE WOLF DOG. NY: Wm. Penn Publishing Corp., [1942]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Very Good; some wear (few small chips & tears) dj. An uncommon title in the true first edition.
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DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.