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The Boy Scout Handbook and Other Observations
by Fussell, Paul
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+ Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0195031024
- ISBN 13
- 9780195031027
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1982-09-09. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+ Dust Jacket. 1st printing of 1st edition, from a private collection. Very good hardcover in good+/very good- dust jacket. Complete number line. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, otherwise text very good. Minor shelfwear, very light foxing to top and front edges (not to the cloth boards, though). Unclipped dust jacket has rubbing, some tears at edges. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book House in Dinkytown
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 262954
- Title
- The Boy Scout Handbook and Other Observations
- Author
- Fussell, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+ Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0195031024
- ISBN 13
- 9780195031027
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982-09-09
- Keywords
- str30 LITERA
- X weight
- 20 oz
Terms of Sale
The Book House in Dinkytown
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About the Seller
The Book House in Dinkytown
Biblio member since 2015
Minneapolis, Minnesota
About The Book House in Dinkytown
Used books bought and sold, classics and collectibles in all fields. In Dinkytown since 1976.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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