- Seller Inventory #: 02754
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: VG+
- Jacket condition: VG
- Edition: 1st American Ed.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1954
- Keywords: Spies, Espionage, Counter-intelligence, Moles, Royal Victoria Patriotic School, World War II, Anton Poelhof, Kangaroo
NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1954 very clean and tight with a rubbed, chipped and price-clipped dust jacket; jacket suffers from slight loss at spine extremities, a small piece missing from the upper r/h corner of the front cover, some wrinkling, but is otherwise bright and clean.. 1st American Ed.. Cloth. VG+/VG. Octavo. HB.
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.
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.
price-clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
