- Seller Inventory #: 07415
- Book condition: Good +
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: No Illustrations
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Colorado College
- Place: Colorado Springs
- Date published: 1972
- Keywords: Colorado College, Southwest Studies Bibliography, Charles Leaming Tutt Library
Colorado Springs: The Colorado College, 1972 Book block clean and tight. Cover rubbed; edges and corners bumped.. Stapled; Cloth Spine. Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by No Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.
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.
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.
