- Seller Inventory #: 000717
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good+
- Jacket condition: Good+
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
- Place: New York, NY
- Date published: 1948
- Keywords: Fiction Literature Short Stories Classic
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948 Clean, square copy, still fairly tight binding; small bump to heel; spine lightly rubbed; light toning to endpapers and throughout pages. Light soiling/toning, chipping, and rubbing to dust jacket; now in a protective mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
