Gordon of Khartoum The Saga of a Victorian Hero by Waller, John H
- Bookseller: Attic Books and Treasures
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 1375
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0689118120
- ISBN 13: 9780689118128
- Publisher: Atheneum
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1988
Description
New York: Atheneum. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has edge wear and has been clipped. Boards have bumped corners. ; Nice, tight, clean, and bright pages. Like new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 504 pages .
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent 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.
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.
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