- Seller Inventory #: EC16030BB
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1956
- Keywords: BIOGRAPHY DOUGLAS MACARTHUR HISTORY MILITARY WORLD WAR II WWII NONFICTION SIGNED
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. AC2 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has price clipped, less than an inch tear on the front bottom gutter, wrinkling, chipping, crease, and tears on the edges and corners, some scattered rubbing and smudge, discoloration, and light shelf wear otherwise good. Book has some bumped corners, light rubbing on the cover edges, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Signed by Douglas MacArthur on the front loose endpaper. . Signed. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
price clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
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).
gutter : The inside margin of a book, the edge of the pages nearing the binding.
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.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
