- Seller Inventory #: 001109
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: Carol Johnson
- Edition: Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: World Publishing Company
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Date published: 1945
- Keywords: AMERICAN HISTORY WORLD WAR TWO WWII AFRICA CAMPAIGN
Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, 1945 6th printing (May 1945) Some worn places to cover, heavy at the bottom of the spine; previous owner's name and address written on front free endpaper; heavy toning to pages; light foxing to rear pastedown; hinge broken at title page. No dust jacket.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Carol Johnson. 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.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
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.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
