- Seller Inventory #: 001493
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: Very Good+
- Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Fawcett Columbine
- Place: New York, NY
- Date published: 1984
- Keywords: Fiction Historical Romance Louisiana Bayou
New York, NY: Fawcett Columbine, 1984 Smooth, straight spine; appears unread; mild bump to bottom spine; previous owner's address sticker on front pastedown; else Fine. Dust jacket has a little shelf wear, mild creasing to top of spine.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
