- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0032479
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: LondonMacmillan
Book Description
LondonMacmillan. Very Good +. in Very Good + dj. SIGNED ON FLYLEAF BY W. GRAHAW ROBERTSON, NOTED THEATRES CRITIC. Blue cloth hard back with small plate/inset on cover and white dust jacket. Jacket is soiled from age, with wear along edges and small open tear to head of spine. Small closed tear on front bottom of jacket. Book itself is VG+ with clean and unmarked. 198 pp. Signed by Noted Theatres Critic. Cloth edition. Binding is Hard Cover. Octavo
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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.
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.
soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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.
