J. Ross Browne: Confidential Agent in Old California

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.

chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.