- Bookseller: Antic Hay Books
- Seller Inventory #: 32161
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1950
Book Description
1950. ROARK, Garland. RAINBOW IN THE ROYALS. NY: Doubleday, 1950. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Roark on the front endpaper. Very Good (two very tiny spots lower edge); some wear & soil (couple of shallow chips, price-clipped) d/j. Uncommon signed.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
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.
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).
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
