Blaze Battlers by Sterling, Stewart
- Bookseller: LJ's Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 028668
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: E. M. Hale & Co.
- Date published: 1955
Description
E. M. Hale & Co., 1955. 218pp. B/w photos and other illustrations. Pictorial endpapers. Corner tips of two pages are missing. Tiny stain to top margins of last few pages. Remnants of card pocket on rear endpaper. First few pages are lightly soiled. Covers are rubbed.. Pictorial Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
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