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Tiger by the Tail by GOLDMAN, Lawrence
- Bookseller: Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 16365
- Format: Original cloth in dust jacket
- Book condition: Remnants of bookplate to pastedown; a few spots to preliminaries; else a very good copy in a very good jacket with some use and
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: [1946]
- Place: David McKay
- Pages: 217 pp
Description
David McKay: [1946]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Remnants of bookplate to pastedown; a few spots to preliminaries; else a very good copy in a very good jacket with some use and short tears to the top edge. 8vo,.
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.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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