"Books
are not men and yet they are alive,
They are man's memory and his aspiration,
The link between his present and his past,
The tools he builds with."
Stephen
Vincent Benét
Condition is graded conservatively with any defects described. All dust
jackets are protected by archival dust jacket
covers, and all books without dust jackets are provided with clear
mylar covers. Book sizes conform to standard American usage, and
consist of the following:
- miniature (up to 3")
- 64mo (3" to 3˝")
- 48mo (3˝" to 4")
- 32mo (4" to 5")
- 24mo (5" to 6")
- 16mo (6" to 7")
- 12mo (7" to 7˝")
- small 8vo (7˝" to 8")
- 8vo (8" to 9")
- small 4to (9" to 11")
- 4to (11" to 13")
- folio (13" to 23")
- large folio (over 23")
