- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 2167
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First American Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1979
Book Description
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very minor shelf wear, hint of toning at text block edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf wear, touch of toning to edges of white flaps, else bright and clean. 8vo. 336pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.
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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.
flap(s) : The portion of a dust jacket which folds around the edges of a book. Often has descriptive text printed on it.
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.