- Seller Inventory #: SJ157
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Very Good+
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Pitman Publishing Corporation
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1960
- Keywords: Conversational Russian, Russian Language Instruction, Foreign Language
NY: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1960 58pps. Textblock is very clean and tight with minimal spine and edge wear.. Stapled Wraps. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.
wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
