First Editions: A Guide to Identification
by Zempel, Edward N. and Linda A. Verkler
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Peoria: The Spoon River Press, 1995. Third Edition. First Printing Fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the front boards and on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches.. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. The definitive source for determining publisher's methods of designating first editions. Containing nearly 4,200 trade and academic publishers. 515 pages of text. A handsome, clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32436
- Title
- First Editions: A Guide to Identification
- Author
- Zempel, Edward N. and Linda A. Verkler
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Spoon River Press
- Place of Publication
- Peoria
- Date Published
- 1995
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....