THE CORNER STORE
by Idell, Albert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Doubleday, 1953. Light tan hardcover bindiing clean square and tight. Interior clean but foxed and slight crack in hinge at first page of first chapter. DJ has shelfwear with chips and rubbing along edges, but displays nicely in clean Brodart jacket. A compelling novel of family life and of a corner store. 287 pages. Includes an insert advertising the Doubleday Dollar Book Club - pages there are yellowed from that.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE). Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good+.
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Details
- Seller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 5181
- Title
- THE CORNER STORE
- Author
- Idell, Albert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE)
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FAMILY LIFE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction - Adult;
Terms of Sale
Deja Vu Books
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
Biblio member since 2004
Poplar Grove, Illinois
About Deja Vu Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.