The Joys of Reading: Life's Greatest Pleasure
by Burton Rascoe
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1937. Hardcover. First Edition, Early Printing. 4.5 x 7in. 186pp. Publisher's cloth boards. From the collection of Donald Beaty Bloch with the bookplate at the front paste-down. NEAR FINE in Very Good publisher glassine dust jacket. The book itself with just slight shelf rubbing of the edges, otherwise remains Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows several chips along the edges, otherwise remains distinct. As pictured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31180
- Title
- The Joys of Reading: Life's Greatest Pleasure
- Author
- Burton Rascoe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Nelson Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.