- Seller Inventory #: 458
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: F/F
- Edition: Limited/Numbered Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1948
- Keywords: play, Theater, Theatre, acting
New York: Harper & Brothers. F/F. 1948. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Small bookplate to front endpaper. Slipcase has rubbed fore corners, scuffs to top and bottom, fore edges splayed outward.; Copy 481 of 500. Bound in is a twelve page facsimile of a holograph letter by Wolfe: his comments on this play, written to Miss Lewisohn of Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. First publishing of this letter from the Thomas Wolfe Collection of the Harvard College Library. Includes transcript of the letter, which is a fortunate inclusion given his illegible handwriting. Black and white frontis of Wolfe. Fore edge uncut. Black cloth over boards. Paper spine label. A lovely, Fine copy in a Fine DJ. Slipcase is clean, unsplit, and VG. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 183 pp .
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
vg : Very Good condition. can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
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.
fore edge : The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. Depending on context, may refer to either the text edges, or the board edges.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
f/f : Fine condition book, with fine condition dust jacket. Fine condition is defined by AB Bookman's Weekly as "approaches the condition of As New, but without being crisp. For the use of the term Fine there must also be no defects, etc., and if the jacket has a small tear, or other defect, or looks worn, this should be noted."
facsimile : An exact copy of an original work.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
