The Cheerleader by McCorkle, Jill
- Bookseller: West Egg Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 002133
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Algonquin Books
- Place: Chapel Hill
- Date published: 1984
Description
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books , 1984. Red boards, gold-stamping to spine, 267pp., in a dust jacket with bands of butterflies. Lower corners just barely rubbed, in a bright and clean dust jacket with small tear at head of rear cover near spine. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Author's first novel is a coming-of-age story during a North Carolina summer. . ISBN: 0 912697 11 3. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. nF/nF. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Southern Literature.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
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.
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