London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1962. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Good. red cloth, gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 272 pp spine sunned and slightly cocked

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Bookseller: San Francisco Book Company (FR)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 87185
Title: The Race for the Moon
Author: Holmes, Jay
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo
Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1962
Keywords: Space, Moon Landing transportation,
Bookseller catalogs: Science;

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...