A Sudden Outbreak of Common Sense by Acland, Andrew Floyer
- Bookseller: West Seattle Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 018585
- Format: Hard Cover
- Book condition: Very Good/Very Good
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0091746116
- ISBN 13: 9780091746117
- Publisher: Hutchinson Business Books
- Place: London
- Date published: 1990
Description
London: Hutchinson Business Books. Very Good/Very Good. 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0-09-174611-6 Signed by Author Dj. has some very slight rubbing to the upper edge. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Acland to the front endpaper. .
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
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).
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