- Seller Inventory #: 397
- Format: Hardcover; 1st Printing
- Book condition: NF/VG+
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1963
- Keywords: 6318229, Paul Gallico, First Edition, Novel, Fiction
New York: Doubleday. NF/VG+. 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. 21. 6318229 . 1st edition/1st printing. Nice copy! Saga of a little British travelling circus stranded in Spain. Book is clean and straight with slight spine end wear; DJ crisp and clean with spine sunned, some light edgewear. ; 8 1/2" x 6"; 323 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.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
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.
