- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0039544
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1947
Book Description
New York: Prentice Hall. 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine. Published in 1947. Signed by the author. Near fine hard back book with a very good dust jacket. All pages clean, crisp and unmarked. Faint soiling to endpapers. Pages beginning to lightly tan. Dust jacket shows rubbing and bumping with yellowing to back; now protected by a clear, archival wrap. Tight spine. 345 pp. Nice copy. Ocatvo.
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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.
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.
bumping : 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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
