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A LOVE OF READING. REVIEWS OF CONTEMPORARY FICTION by Adams, Robert
- Bookseller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 26002
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fine
- Jacket condition: Fine
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (2001).
- Date published: 2001
Description
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (2001)., 2001 First Edition. A fine copy in blue cloth, silver titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 304 pp. Incisive reviews on Mordecai Richler, Anita Brookner, Peter Carey, Brian Moore et al.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
dustwrapper : 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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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