The World Publishing Company, 1960. 319pp. Original cloth covered boards. Stated First Edition. Gift inscription on FEP; neat and unobtrusive. Inner pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowing with age. Binding is tight and secure. Boards have bumping ot head/heel of spine, light sunning to extremities. Unclipped pictorial DJ is sunned/soiled/ink-rubbed with heavy wear (missing head/heel of spine, several tears/creases/chips to edges, fraying to corners, rubbing to extremities). We have added a removable mylar covering to dust jacket for protection. Reading copy. . . First Edition. Hardcover. Good -/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mylared.

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Bookseller: after-words bookstore (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 134275
Title: The Lifetime Reading Plan
Author: Clifton Fadiman
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Book Condition: Used - Good -
Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The World Publishing Company
Date Published: 1960
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: Books On Books Clifton Fadiman Autobiography Biography
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