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The Literary Situation
by Cowley, Malcolm
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Andre Deutsch, 1955. 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii, 260pp. Grey cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Discoloured spine and board edges, lightly rubbed spine ends. Text block edges and free endpapers starting to tan. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Paper dust jacket has loss on front, closed tears, sun-fading shelf wear.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016818
- Title
- The Literary Situation
- Author
- Cowley, Malcolm
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Impression
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literary Criticism
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nr Canterbury, Kent
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- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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