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Education Before Verdun
by Arnold Zweig; Eric Sutton - Transl
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1936. First Edition. Good. Fine. Hardcover/ DJ (has price$2.50); book is Fine, DJ Good. First Edition, 1st printing, March, 1936, same year on title page, 448 pages, map endpapers, rough cut side edge of text block. DJ color picture on front & spine panels still impressive & displays well. DJ shows light rubbing, some edge wear, soil (mostly on white back panel), approx. 3/4 chip top left corner on front, 1"" closed tear bottom front along spine. Black binding is Fine; tight, clean & square. NO bumps, rubs, fray, sun, etc. Gold gilt lettering & decoration on front & spine is totally crisp & intact. Text is tight, bright, clean, unmarked. NO hinge splits or cracks, NOT ex library. Handsome, well preserved copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85
- Title
- Education Before Verdun
- Author
- Arnold Zweig; Eric Sutton - Transl
- Format/Binding
- Good
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
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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.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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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