The Dear Dogs by Ada Galsworthy
- Bookseller: Dog Lovers Bookshop
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: biblio205
- Book condition: Good
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1936
Description
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gilt-stamped green cloth (photo inset on front cover of one of the Galsworthy dogs), 8vo, 41 pages, full-page and smaller halftones. Memoir by author John Galsworthy's wife of their life with dogs, including cocker spaniel Chris, a dalmatian, a Scottish terrier, and a handsome Bedlington terrier. 1st American edition/later printing. Good condition (some foxing throughout; spine and covers rubbed); no dust jacket.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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