Washington D.C.: Zenger, 1980. Hardcover. Fair. Uncorrected proof. xi, 220pp. Blue clothcovered boards with a black illustration on the front board and black lettering on the spine. All the leaves have neatly been removed from the binding and are loose but remain in order and the original front endpapers with map illustration remain intact and attached to the front board, the boards having rubbing and bumping, thus fair only, lacking the dust jacket. This is an original copy from the 1940s published by Dodd, Mead & Company that the publishing house, Zenger disassembled before adding additional information to the title pages and elsewhere to serve as a mock-up of for their 1980 reprint of the title. Zenger was a small publisher that specialized in reprints of old military and history books. Not so convenient to read, but for the avid Zenger collector it's a once in a lifetime find!

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 559396
Title: Long Were the Nights
Author: CAVE, Hugh B
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0892010916
ISBN 13: 9780892010912
Publisher: Zenger
Place of Publication: Washington D.C.
Date Published: 1980
Keywords: Military-WWII, History, UncorrectedProof

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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....
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Uncorrected Proof: An uncorrected proof is a printed copy of a book that needs to be reviewed for errors and corrections. They are released prior...