- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0064618
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fine
- Edition: Third printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Tambimuttu and Mass
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1965
Book Description
New York: Tambimuttu and Mass. 1965. Third printing. Hardcover. Fine. 1965, Third printing, 259 pp. Hardcover, red cloth, 8vo. Fine copy in a Good dust jacket. Crisp, clean and unmarked book. DJ shows light soil and a few irregular creases. A symposium on Eliot with countless contributors.
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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.
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
