- Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 3365
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1958
Book Description
New York Farrar, Straus & Cudahy 1958 Hardcover First edition 245pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] 1/4 gray cloth over black boards. Very good / Very good. The edges of the spine and covers are slightly bumped, darkened and rubbed. Discoloring to backstrip. The endsheets are darkened. Pages mildly browned. The dust jacket is gently rubbed and faded. The edges are chipped and creased. An unusually nice and bright copy of this dust jacket.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound 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.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
