- Seller Inventory #: 001492
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good+
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Edition: Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Hawthorn Books
- Place: New York, NY
- Date published: 1947
- Keywords: FICTION HISTORICAL ROMANCE ENGLAND WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA WORLD WAR ONE WWI
New York, NY: Hawthorn Books, 1947 Fourth book of the "Williamsburg Novels"; chronicling the Day/Sprague/Campion families. Faint rubbing to edges; no spine slant, but backstrap gapped at top; page binding still fairly tight. Dust jacket has some heavy chipping and creasing along edges, moderate rubbing to panels, spine sunned.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
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.
