- Seller Inventory #: 006260
- Book condition: Fair-good
- Illustrator: Illus. b/w Mary Sherwood Wright Jones
- Edition: First Printing
- Publisher: The Century Co.
- Place: New York (1931)
New York (1931): The Century Co.. Fair-good. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall By the author of A CHILD'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD, etc. Covers worn/stained/re-glued. Front endpaper torn in half. Previous owner's name endpaper. Endpapers soiled. Few soil spots in contents. Chapter book. Reading copy sold "as is". Scarce. .
reading copy : Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage.
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.
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.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
