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Diamond Jim: The Life and Times of James Buchanan Brady
by Parker Morell
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Simon and Schuster, 1934. Hardcover. Good. 1934. First Edition. 286 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth. Blind stamp decoration and fake diamond to front. Includes 22 black & white plates. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Binding remains firm. Top text block edge dyed blue, with small water drops. Plates are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Spine label is slightly peeling. Book has a slight forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1625574318EMB
- Title
- Diamond Jim: The Life and Times of James Buchanan Brady
- Author
- Parker Morell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Date Published
- 1934
Terms of Sale
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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