- Seller Inventory #: 8856
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: NY: Interscience Publishers, 1961
NY: Interscience Publishers, 1961. Octavo (9.5 in. by 6.5 in.); 521pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; torn, chipped dust jacket edges; soiled rear panel; rubbed book edges; name in pen to rear pastedown endpaper..
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.
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).
soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
