- Seller Inventory #: 919
- Format: Hardcover; 1st Printing
- Book condition: NF/VG+
- Edition: 1st Thus US Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Cresset Press
- Place: London
- Date published: 1963
- Keywords: John O'Hara, Short Stories, Short Fiction, First Edition
London: Cresset Press. NF/VG+. 1963. 1st Thus US Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. 21. Nice copy. Just a hint of spine slant, small bookdealer's plate; DJ rubbed at folds/spine ends & has a few small edge chips. 23 short stories. ; 8 1/2" x 6"; 309 pages .
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.
1st thus : Indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a substantially different format than the true first edition. For example, a first illustrated edition of a book, or even a first paperback release of a book originally published in hard cover.