- Seller Inventory #: 005385
- Book condition: Very Good/Good Chipped Edges
- Illustrator: Illus. b/w Author
- Publisher: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.
- Place: New York (1972)
- Keywords: Vietnam, Legends
New York (1972): Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.. Very Good/Good Chipped Edges. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall DJ has large tear top front near spine. Sticker removed, and label around bottom dj spine partially removed. Inner price flap clipped/contents clean and nice. Reinforced binding. Tall, narrow 8vo picture book. .
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.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
