- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 1318
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Young
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1953
Book Description
New York: Farrar, Straus & Young, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Minimal shelf wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows two closed tears, light rubbing, else bright and clean. Dusty rose boards, black ink lettering. 8vo. 241pp.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Closed tears : Tears in which no material has been lost.
