- Seller Inventory #: 12834
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Very Good +
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: The Chatham Bookseller
- Place: Chatham, NJ
- Date published: 1970
- Keywords: African-American Literature, African-American Bibliography, Books On Books
Chatham, NJ: The Chatham Bookseller, 1970 Former library book with usual stamps, markings, etc, and encased in a cardboard sleeve, glued at the spine. Book block clean and tight. Light shelf wear. 25pp.. Wraps. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paper Back.
wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.
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.
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.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
