- Seller Inventory #: 14665
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Book condition: Very Good+
- Edition: Reprint
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Harvest Book - Harcourt, Brace & World
- Place: NY
- Keywords: Literature
NY: Harvest Book - Harcourt, Brace & World. Very Good+. Reprint. Trade Paperback. 295 pages; Very Good Plus condition. No copyright information. Front hinge crease. No spine creases. Gift inscription to half title page. Just a bit of shelf rub to edges. Spine is lightly sunned. Solid, clean. Biographical Essays contains thirty-five sketches about Voltaire, Frederick the Great, Rousseau, Gibbon, Boswell, Walpole, Sarah Bernhardt, and a number of delightful eccentrics, including Lady Hester Stanhope. .
trade paperback : Often used to indicate any paperback book that is somewhat larger than a mass-market paperback.
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.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
half title : The leaf which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at times, the author's name and/or other information may appear.
