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Dog Love by Marjorie Garber
- Bookseller: Dog Lovers Bookshop
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: biblio797
- Book condition: As new
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1997
Description
New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1997. Wraps, 8vo, 346 pages, index, endnotes, 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations. A lively and timely exploration of the dog, with emphasis on contemporary culture. The author is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English at Harvard and director of that university's Center for Literary and Cultural Studies. 1st thus. As new condition.
wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.
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.
1st thus : Indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a substantially different format than the true first edition. For example, a first illustrated edition of a book, or even a first paperback release of a book originally published in hard cover.
As New : "the book is in the same immaculate condition in which it was published. There can be no defects, no missing pages, no library stamps, etc., and the dust jacket (if it was issued with one) must be perfect without any tears." Condition definition from AB Bookman's Weekly.
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