- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0034495
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Place: Edinburgh
- Date published: 1983
Book Description
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good+ book with Very Good+ dust jacket. All pages clean, unmarked and crisp. Tight spine. Book with stain to front cover, DJ shows minor wear and small stain on front. 215 pp. Ocatvo.
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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.
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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.