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Faithful Friends: Dogs in Life and Literature by JACKSON Frank
- Bookseller: Ming Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: un99488
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: Near Fine
- Edition: First UK Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Robinson
- Place: London
- Date published: 1997
Description
London: Robinson, 1997. x + 533pp. Slightest of bumping to top of dj. but previous owner has used a small strip of Sellotape to affix dj. to pastedowns of book!. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
bumping : 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.
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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