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Over Cape Cod: And the Islands by Proehl, Stephen
- Bookseller: Gail Kennon Book-Comber
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 45467
- Book condition: Very Good/Good+ hard cover
- Edition: 1st printing,1979
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0395270642
- ISBN 13: 9780395270646
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
- Date published: 1979
- Pages: 139
Description
Houghton Mifflin. 1st printing,1979. Very Good/Good+ hard cover. large oblong 8vo,boards,139pp,illus. edgewear,tears,chips,yellowing,dust jacket. spine a bit twisted,light shelfwear,cover. edges yellowing,clean,tight,text. places.
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.
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.
shelfwear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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