Little, Brown and Company, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. No Edition Stated. 596 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Cream cloth with gilt lettering. Signed by the author to front endpaper, with inscription. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to rear endpaper. Rear hinge cracked thus the board is slack. Pages are rough cut. pp510-end have a mild vertical crease. Upper text block edge dust marked. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with small splits to spine ends. Minor tanning to spine, with mild dust stains, soiling and other marks across the boards. Book has a forward lean. Gilt is dulled and worn.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1712046024ADA
Title: Melville Goodwin, USA
Author: John P. Marquand
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 1951

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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...
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....
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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....
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...