As I Was Saying
by Johnson, Burges
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Freeport, New York, USA: Books for Libraries Press, 1968. BX4 - A hard cover reprint edition withdrawn ex-library book in good- condition with no dust jacket. A tight, clean copy in teal green cloth covered boards with gold lettering and graphics and gold lettering against a red background on the spine and a graphic blind stamped on the front with minor overall shelf wear with the front endpaper removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus there is some very, very light label staining on the spine towards the bottom edge plus there is some very, very light bumping on the bottom edge of the front board plus there are the usual library stamps on the top outside paper edges, the half title page, and the dedication page plus there is some light yellowing of the outside paper edges. This is a reprint of a book originally published in 1923. It is a collection of essays by a popular American humorous poet and essayist of the 1920s. By the author of "The Lost Art of Profanity," "As Much as I Dare," "New Rhyming Dictionary and Poets' Handbook," "Essaying the Essay," "Professor at Bay," "Little Book of Necessary Nonsence," "Bashful Ballads," "Beastly Rhymes," and "Campus Versus Classroom." 235p.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6"x8.75". Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW11025
- Title
- As I Was Saying
- Author
- Johnson, Burges
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Books for Libraries Press
- Place of Publication
- Freeport, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Nonfiction Non-fiction Essay Essays Collection Collections Single Author 68-29221
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor; Collectibles; Literature / Essays;
- Size
- 6"x8.75"
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
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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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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