PORTRAIT OF A SPY

Bookseller

Quiet Friends (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

003428

Title

PORTRAIT OF A SPY

Author

REMY 03c

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - VG++ book. TIGHT. Book stays closed when stood on spine. 9" high

Edition

Early reprint.

Publisher

Roy publishers.

Place of Publication

NY

Date Published

(1955)

Keywords

VG++ book, no DJ. Blue cloth. Flawless but for a sunned spine. Text, block, including all text block edges, clean as new. 224pp.

Bookseller catalogs

WWII;

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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....

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...

Sunned

Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...

Tight

Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.

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....

New

A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...

Reprint

Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.