- Seller Inventory #: 000558
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: Near Fine
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
- Place: Boston, MA
- Date published: 1958
- Keywords: Fiction
Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1958 Light foxing on pastedowns; else Fine. Light soiling/browning to dust jacket at folds, small ink mark on rear panel of dust jacket; In Brodart jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
Brodart : Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The name refers to the company by the same name which produces many book repair and archival products.
