- Bookseller: Austin's Antiquarian Books
- Seller Inventory #: 7022
- Format: Octavo,
- Book condition: Good or better in good jacket. Light wearing of extremities. Small soil spot on front free fly. Jacket edge-worn, spine chipp
- Illustrator: Illustrated.
- Publisher: Oxford University Press,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: (1974).
Book Description
New York:: Oxford University Press, , (1974). . Octavo,. Good or better in good jacket. Light wearing of extremities. Small soil spot on front free fly. Jacket edge-worn, spine chipped. . Illustrated.. red cloth , gilt, in dust jacket.
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dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
