- Seller Inventory #: 13188
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: NY: E. P. Dutton, 1964
NY: E. P. Dutton, 1964. Octavo (8.5 in. by 5.75 in.); 362pp.; inscribed by author without signature; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; lightly bumped, torn dust jacket edges; lightly rubbed book edges..
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.
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.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
