- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0036715
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
- Place: Norman
- Date published: 1952
Book Description
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine. Published in 1952. Near fine hard back book with a very good dust jacket. All pages clean, unmarked and crisp. Clean boards with minor bumping. DJ shows bumping, rubbing and minor tear to spine head. Tight spine. 395 pp. Strong copy. Octavo.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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.
bumping : 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.
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.
