- Seller Inventory #: 10249
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: very good
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- Place: Boston
- Date published: 1968
- Keywords: Essays. J.B. Priestley. Susan Cooper.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardcover in dustjacket. 8vo. First edition. Book is in VG condition, with some browning to boards, bumped corners and bumped spine edge. Interior is clean, binding is tight. Jacket is in VG- condition, with scuffing and soiling to covers, chipping to bottom edge of spine, rubbed edges, bumped corners, and one crease to front corner. In protective mylar. Edited with a preface by Susan Cooper. 311 pp.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
vg : Very Good condition. can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
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.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
VG- : A term used to denote a condition a slight grade lesser than VG. Very Good is defined by AB Bookman's Weekly as "a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted."
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.
