- Bookseller: Austin's Antiquarian Books
- Seller Inventory #: 6668
- Format: Octavo,
- Book condition: Very good in very good jacket with some scuffing, light wear and soil. Short, closed tear at top of back flap.
- Illustrator: Illustrated with photographs.
- Edition: Book Club edition.
- Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: 1986.
Book Description
New York:: Alfred A. Knopf, , 1986. . Book Club edition.. Octavo,. Very good in very good jacket with some scuffing, light wear and soil. Short, closed tear at top of back flap. . Illustrated with photographs.. red cloth and white boards, gilt, 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
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.
book club edition : A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the overall quality of the book's materials is lower than the same book as printed by a traditional publishing house.
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.
closed tear : A tear in which no material has been lost.
