- Seller Inventory #: 06028
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Fair
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1940
- Keywords: Espionage, Spies, German Spies, Abwehr, WWII, Nazi Spies
NY: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1940 Clean and tight. Edges slightly bumped and worn. Slight discoloration due to age on end papers. Moisture damage on cover (not very noticeable). Jacket discolored on spine and back from moisture damage. Piece torn out at upper back spine edge. Cracks, frays and tears at edges.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Octavo. Hard Cover.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term 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.
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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
