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Prejudices First Series
by Mencken, H. L
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1921. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First printing. Softened spine ends. The spine has a shallow crease. There is a narrow gutter crack within the text block. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket is worn at the spine tail and corners, with some tape repair. The top 2" of the spine head is missing, with blank paper taped on. The spine is darkened. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030773
- Title
- Prejudices First Series
- Author
- Mencken, H. L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1921
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Collectible
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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