- Seller Inventory #: 004914
- Book condition: Good/Good Chipped Edges
- Illustrator: Illus. Color and b/w Edward Osmond
- Edition: First Edition
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Place: London (1957)
- Date published: 1957
- Keywords: Young, Adult
London (1957): Oxford University Press. Good/Good Chipped Edges. 1957. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall DJ bit worn edges. Previous owner's name front endpaper, and light red pen line inside flap of dj and inside cover and front endpaper/light and not obtrusive, else nice. .
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
chipped : 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).
