- Seller Inventory #: 007579
- Book condition: Good/Good Chipped Edges
- Illustrator: Illus. b/w
- Edition: Second Impression
- Publisher: Spring Books
- Place: London (1963, 1965)
- Keywords: Antiques, Collectibles, Toys
London (1963, 1965): Spring Books. Good/Good Chipped Edges. Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall DJ, illus. color, little soiled, and chipped edges. Front flap price-clipped. Book clean and nice. Originally published by B.T. Batsford Ltd. .
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.
soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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.
