|
|
Icebound Summer by CARRIGHAR, Sally
- Bookseller: Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 10997
- Format: Publisher's cloth in dust jacket
- Book condition: Ink name and address on front free endpaper; near fine in a jacket with minor edge wear and a slightly tanned spine.
- Illustrator: Illustrated by Henry Bugbee Kane
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: 1953
- Place: Alfred A. Knopf,
- Pages: xi [2, map] 262 pp
Description
Alfred A. Knopf,: 1953. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Ink name and address on front free endpaper; near fine in a jacket with minor edge wear and a slightly tanned spine. . 8vo,. Illustrated by Henry Bugbee Kane.
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.
|
|
0 items in cart
