- Bookseller: Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 583
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Macmillan
- Place: London
- Date published: [1980]
Book Description
London: Macmillan, [1980]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Cloth in dust jacket. 106 pages. Spine of jacket faded, else a Near Fine copy. Image or additional images available upon request
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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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.