- Bookseller: Argonaut Book Shop
- Seller Inventory #: 6179
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1961
Book Description
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1961 Thurber's illustrations throughout. Green cloth-backed gray boards, gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket price-clipped and lightly rubbed. Damp stain to rear of cover and jacket, else very good..
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
price-clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
