The Songlines by Chatwin, Bruce
- Bookseller: BOOKPOWER
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 000905
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: Good
- Edition: First American Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0670806056
- ISBN 13: 9780670806058
- Publisher: Viking
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1987
- Pages: 293
Description
New York: Viking, 1987. White staining to brown paper covered boards at bottom edges. Ownership signature to ffep. Remainder mark bottom edge, else clean and tight.. First American Edition. Cloth Boards. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
remainder mark : Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on the edges of the text block in the form of a marker stripe or a stamp of some sort.
Remainder marks considerably lower the overall collectibility of a title, although, in some cases, they are acceptable to a collector.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
Book summary
Chatwin combines his own love for wandering the face of the earth with an examination of Australian aboriginal culture in this highly personal, lyrically written travel book by a master of the form.
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