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On the Road by KEROUAC, Jack
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New York, Viking Press,, 1957. 8vo. Original black cloth, titles to upper board and spine in white, top edge stained red. With the dustjacket. A fine copy in the very lightly rubbed and frayed dustjacket, Very nice indeed. First Edition, First Printing. The author’s second book and by a margin his best.
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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