Museum Press, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1955. First Published in GB. 397 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed. Heavier tanning and foxing to pastedowns, endpapers and text block edges. Bookseller's stamp to front pastedown. Illustrations are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Binding remains firm. Minor black mark to top text block edge. Text is unaffected. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is slightly dulled. Mild crushing to spine ends. Boards are bowed. Unclipped jacket has noticeable edgewear with tears, chips, and creasing. Mild tanning to spine. Faint black marks to rear.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1711561692CAB
Title: Seduction of the Innocent
Author: Fredric Wertham
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good/Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Museum Press
Date Published: 1955

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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...
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...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....