- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0040305
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Very Good
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Porcupine Press
- Place: Berkeley
- Date published: 1998
Book Description
Berkeley: Porcupine Press. 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Published in 1997 by Porcupine press in collaboration with Zapatista National Liberation Army. Very good+ staple-bound soft back book with no dust jacket. All pages clean, crisp and unmarked. Strong binding. Very good wraps with light soiling and bumping, elsefine. Very nice copy. 68 pp. Octavo.
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wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.
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.
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.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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.
