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Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan by Spector, Ronald H
- Bookseller: Left Coast Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 028108
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: No DJ
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0029303605
- ISBN 13: 9780029303603
- Publisher: Free Press; MacMillan, Inc.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1985
- Size: 6.5 x 9.75 x 2 inches
- Weight: 2.35 pounds
Description
New York: Free Press; MacMillan, Inc., 1985 xvi, 589 pp., [16] pp. of plates, illus., map, biblio., index; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at crown, foreedge lightly soiled. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No DJ. 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.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
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.
soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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