- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: m002333
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: MilwaukeeBruce Publishing
Book Description
MilwaukeeBruce Publishing. Near Fine. in Very Good dj. HARDCOVER. Near Fine, with a Very Good Jacket. Slight wear & soil to cover & DJ, including light chipping to edges. not Price Clipped or Punched. No Remainder Marks. Owner inscription and/or Previous Seller notation to front endpaper or inner cover, possibly also to Title page. Bookplate. Pages: 191. Ediiton Not Stated, Presumed First. Binding is Hard Back. 8vo
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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.
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
price clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
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.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
remainder : Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder mark.
