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The Scope of Happiness: A Personal Memoir by Pandit, Vijaya Lakshmi
- Bookseller: Conover Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 014137
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good+
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0517536889
- ISBN 13: 9780517536889
- Publisher: Crown Publishers
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1979
- Pages: 333
Description
New York: Crown Publishers, 1979 Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, some very light chipping, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, former owners embossed library label on the half-title page, overall a very crisp and clean first edition! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 333 very fine, historical, unmarked and uncreased pages of text and 16 wonderful pages illustrated in black and white! . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
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