- Seller Inventory #: 001381
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: Jon Nielsen
- Edition: Not Stated
- Publisher: Whitman Publishing Co.
- Place: Racine, WI
- Date published: 1957
- Keywords: Fiction Children's Youth Series
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1957 Gray illustrated covers; moderately soiled with rubbing and wear along extremities; hinges still fairly good; all pages appear intact, with toning along page edges; spine fairly straight and pages don't show any sign of looseness.. Not Stated. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Jon Nielsen. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
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.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. 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 folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
