- Seller Inventory #: 00322
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: VG+
- Jacket condition: Good
- Edition: BCE
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Garden City Books
- Place: Garden City
- Date published: 1953
- Keywords: Americana
Garden City: Garden City Books, 1953 dj torn at spine, rubbed edges and corners, chipped lightly. book block very clean and tight with light shelf wear.. BCE. Cloth. VG+/Good. Octavo. Hard Cover.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been cut into eight pages.
BCE : Book Club Edition
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.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
