The phrase "a standard book" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a book that is considered typical or commonly accepted in a particular field or subject.
Example: "For our literature class, we will be using a standard book that covers the major themes of 20th-century fiction."
Alternatives: "a typical book" or "a conventional book".
His son Thomas Rudolphus Dallmeyer (1859 1906) introduced telephoto lenses into ordinary practice (patented 1891) and wrote a standard book on the subject (Telephotography, 1899).
But my favorite postmodern selection, if only for its appropriate restraint, is Derek Birdsall's "Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England" (2000), patterned after a standard book of psalms.
The topics, advertised in short blurbs, range from a standard book report on "The Scarlet Letter" to the surprising discovery "a personal response to the book 'Who Moved My Cheese?' " to a review of a story by the eminent writer "Carol Joyce Oates".
Chordia suggested that this presents a couple of advantages over a standard book or e-book.
The text can also be "ragged right" aligned, similar to what you find in a standard book, where the right margin isn't uniform, so the text doesn't have to be spaced out to compensate.
According to two journals, this book was unparalleled as an introduction to Buddhism in Sri Lanka in the early 1980s, and it was also the most complete, thorough and sensitive book on Buddhism in Sri Lanka, resulting in it generally being recommended by professors and monks as a standard book on Buddhist practices in Sri Lanka.
Caleb Scharf is more than equipped for this journey; renowned astrobiologist, author of a 'gold standard' book on the field, and owner of one of the Guardian's favourite blogs: Life, Unbounded.
The latter writing, which is on niti (morals), bhakti (devotion) and vairagya (renunciation), continues to be a popular standard book of learning for children.
"I think it has a chance of growing into a long-lasting standard book for readers of all ages," Ms. Friede wrote in a memo to senior editors.
By Geoffrey T. Hellman The New Yorker, March 17 , 1956P. 157 The author buys a book called "New Standard Book of Model Letters for All Occasions," by Leo J. Henkin, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of English at Brooklyn College.
Along with his Chief Happiness Officer Jenn Lim, Hsieh, who sold Zappos to Amazon for roughly $1.2 billion last year, organized the bus tour as a quirky alternative to the standard book tour.
