- Seller Inventory #: MC227BB
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good +
- Jacket condition: Good+
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1959
- Keywords: Zoology; Animal behavior; Africa Description and Travel
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1959. W2 - Open tear on spine head and chipped on spine feet. Corners and edges of DJ rubbed. Interior of DJ is tanned. 1/2" sealed tear at bottom of front cover. Book is tanned at spine head and foot. Book lightly cocked and edges lightly tanned.. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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.
cocked : Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not align when the book is lying flat. Severity may differ.
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.
