- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0035439
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Ellis Horwood Limited: Halsted Press
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1977
Book Description
New York: Ellis Horwood Limited: Halsted Press. 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine. #8 Near Fine book with Near Fine dust jacket. Allen Newell's signature appears on front flyleaf. Newell also cited in text. All pages clean, crisp, and unmarked . Strong, tight spine. Minor tearing/bumping to DJ, elsefine. 630 pp. Octavo.
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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.
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.
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.
