- Seller Inventory #: 01534AN
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: Photo Illustrations
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
- Place: Boston
- Date published: 1966
- Keywords: Anthropology, New Guinea, South America, Amazon River, Eskimoes, Mummys
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1966 Spine shaken, usual library stamps and labels, else clean and tight. Spine cloth faded, corners bumped, edges rubbed. Excellent reading/working copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Photo Illustrations. Octavo. Ex-Library.
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.
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.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's 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.
shaken : A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
