Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science by Carl Sagan
- Bookseller: CyberSmith Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 000617
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0394501691
- ISBN 13: 9780394501697
- Publisher: Random House
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1979
Description
New York: Random House, 1979. 347 pp. with index and bibliography. Black cloth boards. Text is clean with no writing or highlighting. Dust jacket is rubbed at spine and edges and has a few small tears. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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