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NY: Random House. NF. 1939. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Stated first printing bound in brown and green cloth with gold letteri ng and decoration. Color map endpapers. Black & white interior illustr ations. A near fine copy in a fair, price-clipped dust jacket. The boo k's spine lettering is mildly faded. Rubs to the head and heel of the spine. Brief gift inscription inked on the second blank leaf. The dust jacket has several chips and overall heavy wear. Chipping along the f ront panel's upper and lower edges. Rubbing to the folds. Chips and cr eases to the rear panel's upper and lower edges. The spine is chipped at its head. Tanning to the spine and rear panel. .
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- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85411
- Title
- The Danube
- Author
- Lengyel, Emil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NF
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1939
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About Dearly Departed Books
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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