- Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 8085
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Simon and Schuster
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1963
Book Description
New York Simon and Schuster 1963 Hardcover First edition 221pp. Octavo [20 cm] 1/2 brown cloth with tan illustrated paper covered boards. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently rubbed, bumped and soiled. The spine is faded. Remnants of small price sticker at head of front free endsheet. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Minor discoloring, soiling and rubbing. There is a small chip in the bottom edge. Third work from the late New York novelist.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
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.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
