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Breaking the Silence by Hartley, Mariette & Commire, Anne
Description
NY: Putnam's, 1990, 1990. Hard Cover. VG/VG. 1st Edition/1st Printing. 8vo. ISBN:0-399-13583-9. Completely clean, fairly tight text in sound binding; small area on ffep is rough as if bookplate has been removed. Jacket a tiny nick, edge wear.. Hardcover.
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
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
VG/VG : Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB Bookman's Weekly).
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