UNDERSTANDING WOOD: A CRAFTSMAN’S GUIDE TO WOOD TECHNOLOGY
by Hoadley, R. Bruce
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Newtown, CT : Taunton Press, 1988. Fifth printing. 4to. Cloth. xiii, 256 pp. Illustrated throughout with drawings and photographs. Dust jacket has a few closed vertical tears to front panel, slight rubbing to heel of spine, else very good plus in a very good minus, price-clipped, dust jacket.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket. 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. heel : The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically. 4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages. price-clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors. Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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