- Seller Inventory #: 002962
- Format: Hard Cover
- Book condition: Very Good/Good, Chipped Edges.
- Illustrator: Illus b/w Photographs
- Edition: No Other Date
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Devin-Adair Company
- Place: New York (1962)
New York (1962): The Devin-Adair Company. Very Good/Good, Chipped Edges.. No Other Date. Hard Cover. Inscribed By Author. Large 8vo. Covers bit spotted bottom front, else nice. D.J. price-clipped and chipped edges, with small piece missing bottom spine. Contents clean and nice. .
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
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.
