Walking Drum by L'Amour, Louis
- Bookseller: ALCON Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 001873
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: Poor
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0552050520
- ISBN 13: 9780552050524
- Publisher: Bantam Books
- Place: New York, NY
- Date published: 1984
Description
New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1984 [S] First print. Paper over boards with cloth backstrip. Gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing to boards corners and boards edges. Dusting and spotting to page edges. Illustrated endpapers. Long taped tears, large chips, creasing to d.j. in poly cover. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
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.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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