- Bookseller: Austin's Antiquarian Books
- Seller Inventory #: 6718
- Format: Octavo,
- Book condition: Good in like jacket. Foxing on top edge. Head lightly faded. Former owner's name. Corners lightly worn. Jacket scuffed.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company,
- Place: Boston:
- Date published: (1973).
Book Description
Boston:: Little, Brown, and Company, , (1973).. First edition. . Octavo,. Good in like jacket. Foxing on top edge. Head lightly faded. Former owner's name. Corners lightly worn. Jacket scuffed. One inch tear in jacket back. Flaps wrinkled. . black and red cloth, gilt, blind stamped boards, in dust jacket.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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
flap(s) : The portion of a dust jacket which folds around the edges of a book. Often has descriptive text printed on it.
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.
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.
