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A CHILD OF THE CENTURY
de Ben Hecht
- Usado
- very good
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good -
- Librería
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
US: Simon and Schuster, 1954. First Edition, Third Printing. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good -. First Edition, Third Printing. Quarter black imitation leather over emerald green paper-covered boards with gilt particulars in two compartments to spine and author's name debossed in gilt to front board. Pages and photographs are clean and unmarked. Text block is sunned, fore edge is deckled, and top edge might have once been sprayed yellow but is faded; light shelf wear to all edges. Endpages have soiling to edges, soiling to front inner hinge, and previous owner's bookplate to first free endpaper. Covers are clean and bright with bumping to corners, lower edge and ends of spine. Chipping to lower corners and top corner of front cover. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket has scuffing and rubbing to covers, and light chipping, creasing and rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 64949
- Título
- A CHILD OF THE CENTURY
- Autor
- Ben Hecht
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good -
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition, Third Printing
- Editorial
- Simon and Schuster
- Lugar de publicación
- US
- Fecha de publicación
- 1954
- Palabras clave
- TV/Film & Entertainment
Términos de venta
Atlanta Vintage Books
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Sobre el vendedor
Atlanta Vintage Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
Sobre Atlanta Vintage Books
Welcome to Atlanta Vintage Books, serving book lovers locally and worldwide for over 30 years. Our 5,000 square foot book store houses over 70,000 vintage, rare and out of print books. You'll be greeted with a smile when you enter but left alone as you browse. Our staff is friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Special orders are happily accommodated, as hard-to-find and out-of-print editions are a specialty. Our store is light and airy with plate glass windows letting in plenty of natural light and wonderfully decorated with antique display cases, old barrister bookcases, and wood book shelves. The wide aisles and scattered seating make browsing a joy. You'll wonder where the time went.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
