- Seller Inventory #: 007073
- Book condition: Good/Good Chipped Edges
- Illustrator: Illus. Colors. Robert Quackenbush
- Edition: First Edition
- Publisher: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
- Place: New York (1968)
- Date published: 1968
- Keywords: Children, s, Picture, Book, Robert, Quackenbush
New York (1968): Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books. Good/Good Chipped Edges. 1968. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall DJ bit soiled and little worn. Covers lightly worn and faded. Front endpaper clipped top edge (probably name); else, nice, clean, tight 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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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).
soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
