- Seller Inventory #: 06814
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Good +
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: B&W Illustrations
- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Inter-American Women's Club, Colon Unit
- Place: Colon, Republic of Panama
- Date published: 1948
- Keywords: Panama, Panama Canal, Folklore, Customs
Colon, Republic of Panama: Inter-American Women's Club, Colon Unit, 1948 Book block clean and tight. Cover soiled; edges and corners bumped and scuffed.. 2nd Edition. Wraps. Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by B&W Illustrations. Octavo. Paperback.
wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.
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
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
