- Seller Inventory #: 15626
- Format: Hardcover in paper-wrapped boards.
- Book condition: Fine in near fine price clipped dust jacket.
- Edition: First Edition.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
- Place: New York.
- Pages: 318 pp.
New York.: G. P. Putnam's Sons.. First Edition.. Hardcover in paper-wrapped boards.. Fine in near fine price clipped dust jacket.. 8vo.. 1993. Features architect & builder Lee Morris.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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.
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.