The Best of A.J. Liebling
by Liebling, A.J
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, light brown cloth covered boards with red border decorations. Top edge stained red. 322 pp. A really startling well preserved copy of this collection with perfectly fresh, cloth an absolutely solid top edge and a very bright, fresh, clean, unblemished and unmarked interior. Marred only by a neat felt tip remainder mark tucked in at the spine on bottom edge. In an equally well-preserved unclipped dust jacket which is tight, clean, crisp and beautiful. Fine in fine dust jacket. Virtually as new..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09761
- Title
- The Best of A.J. Liebling
- Author
- Liebling, A.J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- LIEBLING, A.J., SPORT, BON VIVANT, ESSAYS, JOURNALIST, MAGAZINE, JOURNALISM, SPORTS, FOOD, DINING, TRAVEL, SOCIETY, NEW YORKER, AMERICAN, YORK, HIGH
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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