This Porcelain Clay
by Jacob, Naomi
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Fair dj
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good- in Fair dj. 1939. 1st U.S. edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (price-clipped) [ex-lending library book, worn but intact, markings confined to pocket on front pastedown and remnants of label on ffep; jacket heavily edgeworn, moderately soiled, top 1-1/2" of spine missing (but not affecting spine text), torn and ragged along top edge (more so to rear panel); see note about wrap-around cover]. "The author of the famous novels of Jewish life, the Claudia and Gollantz books, has this time written the story of a man who was not a Jew, but who pretended to be one because he felt it would be an asset in business." (NOTE that this copy has an interesting "bonus" feature, namely a printed wrap-around paper cover (sort of a dust jacket under the actual dust jacket) that bears the name of the lending library (Ramona Rental Library, Los Angeles) along with ads for a number of local businesses.) .
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- Bookseller
- ReadInk (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11996
- Title
- This Porcelain Clay
- Author
- Jacob, Naomi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Fair dj
- Edition
- 1st U.S. edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- NOISBN, Jews, Jewish Culture, Businessmen
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.