New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 285 pp, stated First Edition, A Note from the Authors, 23 titled chapters. A Novel of Southeast Asia, set in fictitious country (Sarkhan). Pages 79-84 with brown stain on top edge, finger tip sizd along page top, else clean, binding tight, very light wear on tips of spine top and bottom, forecorner tips. Over all VG. 5.8" x 8.5" 1/4 black cloth backed with red paper covered boards, gilt spine letters. Unclipped DJ, w/tih 1" chip spine bottom & light wear to forecorners. $3.75 on DJ, in protector. .

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007529
Title: The Ugly American
Author: Lederer, William J. / Burdick, Eugene
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1958
Keywords: Communist threats and Washington Politics - early 1950's
Bookseller catalogs: LITERATURE; U. S. HISTORY;
Size: Octavo

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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...
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...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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....