- Seller Inventory #: SJ1807
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good+
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: Photographs
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: J.B. Lippincott
- Place: Philadelphia
- Date published: 1937
- Keywords: Anthropology, Aztecs, Incas, Native Americans, Cultural Anthropology, Central American Indians
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott , 1937 319pp; including index. Previous owners ink signature on ffep; slightly aged end pages, otherwise textblock immaculate and tight; gently bumped corners, and head and foot of spine; small edge indent on rear cover.. Tan Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
