THE DREADFUL HOLLOW
by Blake, Nicholas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 249 pages; VG-/Fair; black and beige spine with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; significant shelfwear and rubbing to the jacket; 2 inch wide by 1.5 inch tall tear to the cover art at the front of DJ; stain to the center of the jacket over the 'dfu' of 'dreadful'; significant tearing and chipping to the head and tail of the spine; 1 inch wide open tear at the top of the back of DJ; 1.5 inch long closed tear near the tail of the spine at the back of the jacket; marked soiling to the back of DJ; marked tearing and chipping to the corners of the jacket flaps; price unclipped '$2.75'; minor bumping to the corners of the boards; 0.25 inch wide chip in the cloth/binding at the head of the spine; minor soiling to the edges of the text block; slight foxing/spotting to the top edge of the text block; fore edge of the text block is deckled; previous owners name written in pencil on the bfep; 'K-C' code to copyright page; shelved under the Front Counter. 1356450. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1356450
- Title
- THE DREADFUL HOLLOW
- Author
- Blake, Nicholas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
Terms of Sale
Second Story Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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.
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.