- Seller Inventory #: 08555
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: No Illustrations
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: A. L. Burt Company
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1932
- Keywords: Mystery, Fiction
NY: A. L. Burt Company, 1932 Book block clean and tight. Name and address stamped on FFEP, inside back cover and on a few pages inside the book. A few pages have creased lower corners; three pages have small tears. Inch tear at top of FFEP, half-title and title pages. Inside front cover paper tearing at hinge. Cover rubbed; edges and corners bumped and scuffed. Indentations in front cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by No Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 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.
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.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
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.
