- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0022366
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: PittsburghUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, 1966
Book Description
PittsburghUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, 1966. Large 8vo, cloth. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; dust jacket edgeworn, tear to spine.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
