- Seller Inventory #: 007031
- Book condition: Very Good/Very Good
- Edition: First Pocket Books Hardcover Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Pocket Books
- Place: New York (1994)
New York (1994): Pocket Books. Very Good/Very Good. First Pocket Books Hardcover Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author Label on front of dj "Autographed Copy". Signed by author on title page. Light black remainder mark bottom edge. .
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
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.
remainder mark : Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on the edges of the text block in the form of a marker stripe or a stamp of some sort.
Remainder marks considerably lower the overall collectibility of a title, although, in some cases, they are acceptable to a collector.
