- Seller Inventory #: 13175
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1958
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1958. Octavo (9.5 in. by 6.25 in.); 312pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; lightly torn, chipped, price-clipped 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.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
price-clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
