- Bookseller: By The Book, LC ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 3499
- Book condition: Very Good++
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: World,
- Place: Cleveland:
- Date published: 1946
Book Description
Cleveland:: World,, 1946. Very Good++. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY JAMES M. CAIN. Three novels in one book. A Very Good++ hardback Stated First Reprint Edition with mild cover edge wear. Dust Jacket in Very Good+ condition with short closed tears, mild creases, mild sun spine, mild chips. 8vo. 258 pp.
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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.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
Closed tears : Tears in which no material has been lost.
