- Seller Inventory #: 10630
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967, first printing of the new edition
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967, first printing of the new edition. Octavo (8.75 in. by 5.75 in.); 47pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; lightly torn, bumped dust jacket edges; bookplate, pen inscription to front pastedown endpaper..
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
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).
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
