- Seller Inventory #: 01379
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: VG
- Jacket condition: VG (in mylar)
- Edition: Early Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Place: Garden City
- Date published: 1968
Garden City: Doubleday, 1968. corners and edges lightly bumped and rubbed; dj chipped and rubbed along the edges. Very clean and tight.. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. VG/VG (in mylar). Octavo.
DJ : Short 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.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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.
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.
VG/VG : Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB Bookman's Weekly).
