High Plains and Broad Prairies: A Saga in Six Cantos by Bill Edw. E
- Bookseller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 024366
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: N/P
- Place: Garden City, KS
Description
Garden City, KS: N/P. N/D (1966); 55 pages; Volume shows just a trace of rubbing at spine ends and a couple of very slight smudge in contents; Volume remains tight and is otherwise very clean.. First Edition. Cloth - Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket. 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. tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use. 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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