The Great Book Raid by Leach, Christopher
- Bookseller: AdirondackInk
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 2003030259
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0723261741
- ISBN 13: 9780723261742
- Publisher: Frederick Warne
- Place: N.Y.
- Date published: 1979
- Pages: 144
Description
N.Y.: Frederick Warne, 1979 An assortment of heroic literary heroes assembles to help a boy and his mother keep their land from a developer. Good green hardcover, cocked spine, bumped backstrip ends, worn edges. Good DJ, chipped and worn edges. Good inside. 144 pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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.
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.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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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