- Seller Inventory #: SJ2377
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Russell & Russell
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1965
- Keywords: Slaves, Slave History, African Slavery, Slave Suppression, American Slave Trade History
NY: Russell & Russell, 1965. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers, and labels; small ink stain on fore edge of textblock which is otherwise very clean and tight; binding has a sunned spine, with two small black ink marks on fore edge; lightly bumped head and foot of spine; 339pp; including index. . Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, 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
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.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
fore edge : The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. Depending on context, may refer to either the text edges, or the board edges.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
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.
