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THE STAKED PLAIN by Tolbert, Frank X
- Bookseller: Commonwealth Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 201342
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Texas : Southern Methodist University Press, 1987
Description
Texas : Southern Methodist University Press, 1987. 8vo. Cloth and paper-covered boards with dustjacket. v, 283 pp. Reprint of 1959 edition. Negligible shelfwear. Very good plus in very good plus dustjacket, with faults as noted.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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.
shelfwear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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