Herman Melville: A Study of His Life and Times
by Lewis Mumford
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Secker & Warburg, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1963. No Edition Noted. 256 pages. Green and white dust jacket over dark blue cloth. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Mild tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible rubbing and mild bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends and visible rubbing to spine. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and noticeable sunning to interior.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1655366014BTB
- Title
- Herman Melville: A Study of His Life and Times
- Author
- Lewis Mumford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Date Published
- 1963
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....