- Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 7416
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Rinehart & Company, Inc.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1958
Book Description
New York Rinehart & Company, Inc. 1958 Hardcover First edition 96pp. Octavo. Black cloth. Very good/Very good. Minor discoloring to boards due to moisture. Jacket has a small closed tear to head of cover with minor nicking at corners. Author has inscribed the volume on the front free endsheet.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound 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
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.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
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.
