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The Balloon Book by Fillingham, Paul
- Bookseller: Stephen Chapman, Bookseller
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 060547
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: Photographs
- Edition: First Thus
- Binding: Paperback
- ISBN 10: 0679509283
- ISBN 13: 9780679509288
- Publisher: David McKay Company, Incorporated
- Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date published: 1979
Description
New York, New York, U.S.A.: David McKay Company, Incorporated, 1979 LIGHT EDGE WEAR, RUBBING AND DUST SOILING.. First Thus. WRAPPERS. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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
trade paperback : Often used to indicate any paperback book that is somewhat larger than a mass-market paperback.
wrappers : Paperback or softbound. Also, wraps.
first 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.
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.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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