Aurora: Copley Press, 1953. Hardcover. Very good(+) to near fine copy.. Quarto in black cloth with silver text; 460 pages illustrations, portraits, maps, facsimiles 26 cm.; very good(+) copy with light edgewear and bumps to cloth at the spine ends and open corners; very light soil to spine head; cloth is o/w clean; book is slightly leaning; o/w binding is tight; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks, creases and foxing; edges of leaves are clean; a gently used copy. In English.

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Bookseller: Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 86670
Title: The Copley Press, Aurora, Illinois
Author: Copley, James S; Copley Press Inc
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very good(+) to near fine copy.
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Copley Press
Place of Publication: Aurora
Date Published: 1953
Keywords: Illinois, Journalism, California
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Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
O/W: An abbreviation for otherwise
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...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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...