- Seller Inventory #: 12195
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition: First Edition; First Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Howell, Soskin, Publishers
- Date published: 1944
Howell, Soskin, Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine is clean, light wear at edges, head of spine. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. Lacking DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages .
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
