- Seller Inventory #: 7090
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: NY: St. Martin's Press, 1989, first edition, number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
NY: St. Martin's Press, 1989, first edition, number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. ISBN 0-312-02923-3 Octavo (8.5 in. by 5.75 in.); 244pp.; inscribed and signed by author to title page; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; lightly bumped, torn dust jacket edges; age-toned, bent pages..
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.
ISBN : International Standard Book Number
age-toned : Used to describe a light brown or tan color that paper can sometimes assume as a result of age.
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.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
