CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERS: Contemporary Portraits
by Peter Quennell
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/very good +
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1982. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 176 pgs. 6 x 8 1/2 in. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Condition of the book is NEAR FINE ; an almost pristine copy, with some light foxing to edges of text block. Condition of DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; almost perfect except for a faded spine. Not price-clipped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3910
- Title
- CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERS
- Author
- Peter Quennell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1982
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- Biography;
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...