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Day of Infamy
by Lord, Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
NY: Henry Holt and Company. VG-. 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition quarter bound in blue cloth and light blue cloth boards. Spine lettered in white and yellow. Map endpapers, photo illus trations. A VG- copy in a Fair dust jacket. The book has a spine slant . Moderate dust soiling to the cloth covers. Fading along the head and heel of the spine. Rubs and small bumps to the corners. The dust jack et has chips and tears to its spine. Chips to the corners. Chipping an d fraying to the panels' edges. Dust soiling to the rear panel. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12862
- Title
- Day of Infamy
- Author
- Lord, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dearly Departed Books
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Alliance, Ohio
About Dearly Departed Books
Selling books since 1978. We specialize in SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western & Pulp Fiction. With an inventory of more than 35,000 Hardcover 1st editions, Vintage Paperbacks , Pulp Magazines & general antiquarian books. Store front open by chance or appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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