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Books: Their History, Art, Power, Glory, Infamy, and Suffering According to Their Creators, Friends, and Enemies.
by Donaldson Gerald
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0442219016
- ISBN 13
- 9780442219017
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0442219016 . Very Good / Very Good. 128 pgs. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Great copy, clean and tight. DJ has been price clipped, chipping on top edge, small tear on front bottom edge. Spine bottom bumped, rubbing. Answers such questions as: What is the origin of the work book? , The most expensive book? And the symptoms and treatrment for Bibilomaina....; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 128 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1273
- Title
- Books: Their History, Art, Power, Glory, Infamy, and Suffering According to Their Creators, Friends, and Enemies.
- Author
- Donaldson Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0442219016
- ISBN 13
- 9780442219017
- Publisher
- Van Nostrand Reinhold
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- 0442219016, Books, Book History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference; Hobbies; English Language;
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About the Seller
Bytown Bookery
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Vars, Ontario
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
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