- Bookseller: Antic Hay Books
- Seller Inventory #: 31427
- Book condition:
- Binding: Paperback
- Date published: 1957
Book Description
1957. YINGER, Emma Bancroft. HURT NOT THE TREE. Tuscon, Arizona: V. Carter Service, 1957. 8vo., printed wraps. First Edition. Signed by Bancroft on front endpaper. Very Good.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.
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.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
