- Seller Inventory #: 396
- Format: Hardcover; 1st Printing
- Book condition: VG+/VG+
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Knopf
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1949
- Keywords: 226871, Romance, Wartime Romance
New York: Knopf. VG+/VG+. 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. 21. 226871 . 1st edition/1st printing. Nice copy. Story of a wartime romance. Straight, clean book with light binding edgewear, previous owner's inscription; DJ is crisp and clean with a chip upper spine, price clipped & few small edge chips. .
DJ : Short for 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.
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
