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Mahan on Naval Warfare by Westcott, Allan (Ed.)
- Bookseller: West Seattle Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 013325
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Little Brown
- Place: Boston
- Date published: 1942
Description
Boston: Little Brown, 1942 372pgs. Boards in very good conditon. "Selections from the writings of Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan.". Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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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