- Seller Inventory #: 00100BY
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: VG+
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: Photos and Drawings
- Edition: Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Bonanza
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1953
- Keywords: Automobile History, Cars, Horseless Carraige
NY: Bonanza, 1953 Very clean and tight with light shelf wear and rubbed/bumped corners & spine extremities; light soiling at the base of the tile page (dusty). Reprint. Cloth. VG+/No Jacket. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. Quarto. 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
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.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
quarto : A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
