- Seller Inventory #: 9088
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: VG+/VG
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1948
- Keywords: Henry Bellamann, Katherine Bellamann, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Book Club, Collectible Fiction
New York: Simon & Schuster. VG+/VG. 1948. Hardcover. 13, 30. This Book Club Edition is clean, straight & tight; bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Interior is free of any marks or tears. The dust jacket is clean and bright with light edgewear/ch ipping, some rubbing and an internally mended tear. 'Parris Mitchell has come home to find Kings Row uneasy, a giant stirring in its sleep. World War I is causing hot arguments, and Parris' own newfangled psychiatry is a suspicious business'. ; Book Club Edition; 8 1/4" x 5 3/4"; 333 pages .
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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. Also known as the back.
book club edition : A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the overall quality of the book's materials is lower than the same book as printed by a traditional publishing house.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
