It's Been An Exciting Ride! Jack Echlin's Story of Echlin, Inc.
by Echlin, Jack (as told to Christopher Gilson)
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/Very Good
- Seller
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Brooksville, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Echlin, Inc., 1989. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. Volume itself has maroon cloth covers with sharp gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. 12 chapters, 124 pages, book is clean, fresh, tight and bright. No underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, no owner names, not ex-libris, no remainder marks, no folded or dogeared pages, no foxing, no smudges, no stains, no odors. The dj is sort of a tissue paper type that is protected in an archival quality cover. There is an approximate one inch tear at the top of the back cover of the dj and an approximate 3/8 of an inch tear at the front bottom of the dj. Also small tears at the tail of the spine of the dj. However, the dust jacket looks quite nice in its protective cover. Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Lasseter, Jr.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012588
- Title
- It's Been An Exciting Ride! Jack Echlin's Story of Echlin, Inc.
- Author
- Echlin, Jack (as told to Christopher Gilson)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Echlin, Inc.
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Echlin, Inc. It's Been An Exciting Ride! Jack Echlin's Story of Echlin, inc.
Terms of Sale
James Lasseter, Jr.
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About the Seller
James Lasseter, Jr.
Biblio member since 2018
Brooksville, Florida
About James Lasseter, Jr.
Focus on, but not limited to, signed nonfiction books that are relatively scarce.
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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