- Seller Inventory #: 00201
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good+
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: 3rd Prtg.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Prentice-hall
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1945
- Keywords: WWII Espionage, Spies, World War II
NY: Prentice-hall, 1945. ex-library with the usual library stamps, stickers and labels; edges bumped, slight shelf wear. lib. card jacket glued to fep, else very clean and tight.. 3rd Prtg.. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Ex-Library, 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.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's 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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
