- Seller Inventory #: 20701
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: Good (in mylar)
- Illustrator: B&W Photographs
- Edition: First Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Hutchingson & Co. Ltd.
- Place: London
- Date published: 1950
- Keywords: Circus, Autobiography, Entertainment, Clowning
London: Hutchingson & Co. Ltd., 1950. Immaculate and tight. Jacket character-soiled and moderately worn with a few closed tears and light edge-chipping. 126 pp.. First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Good (in mylar). Illus. by B&W Photographs. 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
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
Closed tears : Tears in which no material has been lost.