- Seller Inventory #: 001339
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fair
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place: New York, NY
- Date published: 1925
- Keywords: Fiction Western
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1925 Light to moderate soiling to boards; bumping to spine ends; mild shelf wear to edges and corners; mild foxing and moderate toning to endpapers and throughout pages; previous owners' names on front free endpaper; hinge cracked, but no loose pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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.
bumping : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
cracked : In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate, revealing the stitching or binding underneath.
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.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
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.
