Delorean by Delorean, John Z
- Bookseller: Persephone's Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 008815
- Format: Hard Cover
- Book condition: Near Very Good
- Jacket condition: Near Very Good
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0310379407
- ISBN 13: 9780310379409
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Date published: 1985
Description
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1985. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. ISBN: 0-310-37940-7. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. 349 pp. The book is very slightly cocked. The jacket is chipped at the head of the spine. John Delorean tells his side of the story. Keywords: Biography.
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. 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.
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