- Seller Inventory #: 002290
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Fine
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: Not Stated
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Fawcett
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1970
- Keywords: Famous Book On Rules Of Games
New York: Fawcett, 1970. Fawcett - Copyright 1970 - Front Cover Reads: "Revised And Enlarged - 'According To Hoyle' - The New-Famous Book On Rules Of Games - By Richard L. Frey - Complete Instructions. Scoring And Strategy For Over 200 Games: Card Games, Dice Games, Parlor Games, Word Games, Chess, Checkers, Backgammon - Special Section On The Best Solitaire Games" - Paperback..In Fair Condition - There Are No Markings . Not Stated. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
trade paperback : Often used to indicate any paperback book that is somewhat larger than a mass-market paperback.
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.
Fair : is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, jacket (if any), etc., may also be worn. All defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
