- Seller Inventory #: 007322
- Book condition: Very Good/Very Good Chipped Edges.
- Illustrator: Illus. Color and b/w David Palladini
- Edition: Fourth Edition
- Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
- Place: New York (1974)
- Keywords: David, Palladini
New York (1974): Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.. Very Good/Very Good Chipped Edges.. Fourth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Inscribed By Author. Presentation signed by author 1982. DJ price-clipped, little dent/bump bottom edge covers, else nice copy. .
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.
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.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
