- Seller Inventory #: 08815
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good +
- Jacket condition: Poor (in mylar)
- Illustrator: B&W Diagrams
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Frederick Muller Ltd.
- Place: London
- Date published: 1957
- Keywords: Crimes, True Crimes, U.S.
London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1957 Book block clean and tight. Cover edges and corners bumped. Piece torn from lower right corner of front free end paper. Jacket rubbed, heavily edge-worn and chipped with several closed tears; 204pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Good +/Poor (in mylar). Illus. by B&W Diagrams. 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
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
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.
