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Living in the Present
by Wain, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition, 1955, hardcover with red cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 248pp., not illustrated. Book VG+ with rubbing, small bump to bottom front corner, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. DJ VG with sun to spine, toning and rubbing, mild edgewear that includes same mild bump to bottom front corner.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B42321
- Title
- Living in the Present
- Author
- Wain, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Literature
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About the Seller
Common Crow Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
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