- Seller Inventory #: 8723
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Edmond, OK: Thompson Book and Supply, 1972, fourth edition, eleventh printing
Edmond, OK: Thompson Book and Supply, 1972, fourth edition, eleventh printing. Octavo (8.5 in. by 5.75 in.); 640pp.; very good hardcover; bumped, rubbed edges; ink stamps to text block edge; name in pen, date stamped to front pastedown endpaper..
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.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
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.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
