OF MEN AND MUSIC [SIGNED]
by Taylor, Deems
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1938. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, xviii pages, 318 pages; VG/VG-; mustard yellow spine with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; minor shelfwear and rubbing to the jacket; significant soiling to the jacket; 0.5 inch long closed tear to the top of the jacket at the front; red stain at the front of the cover near 'MUSIC'; marked chipping and tearing to the head and tail of the spine; marked chipping and tearing to the corners of the jacket flaps; price unclipped '$2.50'; top edge of the text block is dyed dark red; minor soiling to the edges of the text block; minor soiling and age-toning to the paste downs and free endpapers; inked by previous owner on page v; signed flat by Taylor on the ffep; Stated Sixth Edition and Sixth Printing; shelved in Music. 1356466. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1356466
- Title
- OF MEN AND MUSIC [SIGNED]
- Author
- Taylor, Deems
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Sixth Printing
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
Terms of Sale
Second Story Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.