- Seller Inventory #: 006822
- Book condition: Very Good/Good Chipped Edges
- Edition: First Edition
- Publisher: Vantage Press
- Place: New York (1970)
- Keywords: Fiction
New York (1970): Vantage Press. Very Good/Good Chipped Edges. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Inscribed By Author. DJ bit worn edges, and small pieces missing top spine (of dj) else nice. Story of Zusel, Swiss girl on a train crossing from Austria into her native land after having been brought up by her parents in Near East. Inscribed by author on front endpaper. .
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
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).
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
