Keeping Chickens in Cages by Hartman, Roland C
- Bookseller: Greenberry House
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 002517
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Roland C. Hartman
- Place: Redlands, California
- Date published: 1950
Description
Redlands, California: Roland C. Hartman, 1950. 181 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs. Industrial methods of keeping egg laying chickens. Green cloth binding with black lettering on front cover and spine. Spine cocked, some fading to edges of cover and spine, light shelf wear with bumped corners, interior pages bright.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good/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.
cocked : Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not align when the book is lying flat. Severity may differ.
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.
bumped : 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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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