Thin Air by PARKER Robert B
- Bookseller: Ming Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: un99774
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: Near Fine
- Edition: First US Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: G. P. Putnam\'s Sons
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1995
Description
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. 293pp. Bumping to head & tail of spine; tiny nick to rear turn-in of dj. A Spenser novel.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Large 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.
tail : The heel of the spine.
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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