The Book Industry: A Report of the Public Library Inquiry of The Social Science Research Council
by Miller, William
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Columbia University Press, 1950. Third printing, 1950. Personalized inscription signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Green cloth, 157 pages, dustjacket. Extensive spotting to the outer edges of the covers, light shelfwear, good hinges, sound text block, some age-toning to endpapers, pages clean and free from other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has some age-toning and edgewear, minor chips to corners and spine ends.. Inscribed by The Author. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015426
- Title
- The Book Industry: A Report of the Public Library Inquiry of The Social Science Research Council
- Author
- Miller, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- PUBLISHING LIBRARIES BOOK PRODUCTION MANUFACTURING DISTRIBUTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books, Paper, Printing, Publishing, Typography;
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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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
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