- Seller Inventory #: 003805
- Book condition: Very Good
- Illustrator: Several Color & b/w
- Edition: First Thus
- Publisher: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.
- Place: New York (1966, 1969)
- Keywords: Africa, Cape, Kennedy, Essays
New York (1966, 1969): Harcourt Brace & World, Inc. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.. Very Good. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Covers very lightly worn. Originally published in Life Magazine. .
first thus : Indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a substantially different format than the true first edition. For example, a first illustrated edition of a book, or even a first paperback release of a book originally published in hard cover.
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.
