- Seller Inventory #: 000099
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: Good
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
- Place: New York, NY
- Date published: 1953
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953 Slight spine slant but binding is still tight. Page edges and endpapers are some soiled. Library pocket card in back and label on back cover. The front and rear panels of the DJ are glued to the pastedowns and there is a small closed tear at the top of the front panel. The jacket is encased in a libary plastic cover which is scratched and soiled but it appears the DJ itself is clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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
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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's 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.
soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
closed tear : A tear in which no material has been lost.
