- Seller Inventory #: 7266
- Format: Hardcover; 1st Printing
- Book condition: VG+/VG+
- Edition: 1st U.S. Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Company
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1962
- Keywords: LOC 627805, Francoise Sagan, First Edition, Romance, French Writers, Novel
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company. VG+/VG+. 1962. 1st U.S. Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. 21. LOC 627805 . 1st US edition/1st printing. Translated from the French by Anne Green, The Wonderful Clouds is a love story with a leading American character, a first for this author. The book is bound in red and white with gray lettering. It is clean, straight & tight. The spine ends are lightly bumped from shelving and the lower corners are a little rubbed. Two small brown spots are present on the lower edge of front endpapers. The price intact dust jacket is clean and bright; some wear is present at the spine edges with some rubbing on the back panel. A nice copy! ; 7 1/2" x 5 1/2"; 128 pages .
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
LOC : Library of Congress
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.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
A.N. : When used to describe the condition of a book refers to As New, "the book is in the same immaculate condition in which it was published. There can be no defects, no missing pages, no library stamps, etc., and the dust jacket (if it was issued with one) must be perfect without any tears," as defined by AB Bookman's Weekly
