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FOR HONOR & COUNTRY: THE DIARY OF BRUNO DE HEZETA by de Hezeta, Bruno. Translated by Herbert K. Beals
- Bookseller: Commonwealth Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 411342
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Portland, OR : Western Imprints, The Press of the Oregon Historical Societies, 1985
Description
Portland, OR : Western Imprints, The Press of the Oregon Historical Societies, 1985. Tall 8vo. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards. xxxiii, 167 pp. Maps. Superficial shelfwear, else very good plus in a very good plus dust jacket.
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.
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.
shelfwear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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