- Seller Inventory #: 07932
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good +
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: B&W Diagrams
- Edition: Second Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Reinhold Publishing Corporation
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1961
- Keywords: Biology, Reference
NY: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1961 Book block clean and tight. Scuffed place on FFEP where something has been glued on and then torn off. Cover rubbed; edges and corners bumped and scuffed.. Second Printing. Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by B&W Diagrams. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover.
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
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 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.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
