- Seller Inventory #: 004695
- Book condition: Good/Fair Chipped Edges.
- Illustrator: Illus. Color By Author
- Edition: First Edition
- Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.
- Place: Indianapolis (1968)
- Keywords: French, Foreign, Language, Juvenile
Indianapolis (1968): The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.. Good/Fair Chipped Edges.. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Author's first book for young readers, written in french and english. DJ price clipped, worn, and soiled. Large, oblong, 8vo picture book. Covers lightly worn and lightly soiled. Endpapers lightly spotted, else contents clean and nice. Writing on flap of dj. .
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
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.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
