Why Abstract?
by Hiler, Hilaire; Miller, Henry; Saroyan, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/Good Plus
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Falcon Press, 1948. 1st Edition. Burgundy Boards. Very Good Minus/Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 108pp. A first ediiton with wrapper. Light bumps to the head and tail of the spine and another bump to the top edge of the rear board,near the spine with a slight split to the cloth for 0.5 cm. A slight bump to the front edge of the rear board, The book has slight normal age toning to the pages but remains clean and tight. Dust wrapper not price clipped. Light chipping to the wrapper at the head and tail of the spine with a little loss of 0.3 cm . A tear of 4.5 cm to the wrapper from the rear top edge and one of 1 cm from the front top edge, both now repaired with acid free archival tape to the reverse of the wrapper. Light toning to the rear of the wrpaper and light shelf wear to the wrapper edges. A clean and tight copy - in very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 210078
- Title
- Why Abstract?
- Author
- Hiler, Hilaire; Miller, Henry; Saroyan, William
- Format/Binding
- Burgundy Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Falcon Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ART
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- 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...
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