THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW - The Story of a Horse That Would Not Race by Smith, Vian
- Bookseller: Deja Vu Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 08312
- Edition: 1st
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Doubleday & Company
- Place: Garden City NY
- Date published: 1968
Description
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, 1968. Light green hardcover cloth binding with black cloth spine clean and tight. Ffep removed. Minimal markings, tape marks one covers. DJ clean and crisp with a few wrinkles, shelfwear. 231 pages. A young boy is determined to justify his devotion to a tempermental steeplechaser. 1st. Hard Cover. Good+/Very Good. Illus. by Voehl, Patricia Saville (jacket only). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. HORSES HORSE EXMOOR STEEPLECHASER RACE RACING.
DJ : Short 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.
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelfwear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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