- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: ma001817
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: University of Pittbsurgh
- Place: Pittsburgh
- Date published: 1942
Book Description
Pittsburgh: University of Pittbsurgh. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good condition with slight wear & soil to cover especially to corners and top and bottom of spine. Corners bumped. All pages clean, crisp and unmarked . Tight spine. Clean boards. This is a School year book with student photographs throughout and also has the usual student signatures & comments in pen & pencil throughout. The front inner hinge is tender. Pages: 325 Royal Octavo (10.75" x 8.5").
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound 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.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
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.
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.
