The Family Book of Best Loved Short Stories
by Leland W. Lawrence (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. No edition remarks. 498 pages. Dust jacket over green and yellow cloth. Deckled edges. Rough cut edges. Pages are lightly tanned. Notable cracking to front hinge, however binding remains firm. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Notable staining to front panel. Moderate rubbing and marking all over. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1715085727CAB
- Title
- The Family Book of Best Loved Short Stories
- Author
- Leland W. Lawrence (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Date Published
- 1954
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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...
- 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.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...