London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited [no date]. (hardcover) 256pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Undated (1929). 12mo. Red smooth-cloth boards, lettering in black to spine and top board, top board with simple single-rule border in black with the publisher's device in black to bottom corner. Boards with light rubbing, shelfwear. Spine ever-so slightly cocked. Lacking dust jacket. Starting at p96 / 97, all leaves remain entirely secure. Previous owner's gift inscription at the head of the ffep. Else internally clean..

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Bookseller: Spafford Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 121223
Title: The Man Who Was Nobody
Author: Wallace, Edgar
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
Place of Publication: London
Keywords: Literature, English Literature, Literature - English

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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...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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....
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Device: Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...