- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 2877
- Format: Hardcover
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Simon and Schuster
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1958
Book Description
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958. Hardcover. Light shelf wear, minor wear at head and hell, two small pen marks at top of text block, else tight, bright and unmarred. Color pictorial paper boards, blue topstain, pictorial endpages, frontispiece. 4to. 165pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Index. Adapted by Anne Terry White, et al.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
A.N. : When used to describe the condition of a book refers to As New, "the book is in the same immaculate condition in which it was published. There can be no defects, no missing pages, no library stamps, etc., and the dust jacket (if it was issued with one) must be perfect without any tears," as defined by AB Bookman's Weekly
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
