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LONG, LONG AGO
by Alexander Woolcott
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
NY: The Viking Press, 1943. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 6 x 8 1/2 in. Red cloth wit gilt on spine. "Literary Edition". Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and ends of spine bumped, no ege wear. Covers have very faint spots and toning. Binding tight and text very clean with very mild foxing to sides of text block. DJ is GOOD ; edges much worn and chipped, some tears, creases and rubbing, spine toned and foxed. Essays. Stax.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10373
- Title
- LONG, LONG AGO
- Author
- Alexander Woolcott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- NY: The Viking Press
- Date Published
- 1943
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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....
- 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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