- Seller Inventory #: EC8272BB
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Good
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Weybright and Talley, Inc.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1970
- Keywords: AMEIRCAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES PUEBLO INDIANS PUEBLO REVOLT NONFICTION FIRST EDITION
New York: Weybright and Talley, Inc., 1970. I6 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has label on the lower spine, wrinkling, chipping, and crease on the edges, corners, and some sides, dust stain, inside flaps glued to the fixed endpapers, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise good. Book has library stamping on the top and bottom page edges, loose endpapers, and title page, label and cardholder adhered on the back loose endpaper, discoloration, and normal shelf wear otherwise very good. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very 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.
flap(s) : The portion of a dust jacket which folds around the edges of a book. Often has descriptive text printed on it.
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.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
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.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
