- Bookseller: Austin's Antiquarian Books
- Seller Inventory #: 5479
- Format: Octavo,
- Book condition: Book is slightly cocked, and jacket flaps are a little wrinkled.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: W. W. Norton Company,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: (1992).
Book Description
New York: : W. W. Norton Company, , (1992). . First edition.. Octavo,. Book is slightly cocked, and jacket flaps are a little wrinkled. . wine cloth and 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.
cocked : Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not align when the book is lying flat. Severity may differ.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
