New Short Novels
by Mary Louise Aswell (Editor); Jean Stafford, Shelby Foote, Elizabeth Etnier, Clyde Miller (Authors)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used-Acceptable
- Seller
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The Bronx, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books/Ballantine Books, Inc./A Divison of Random House, Inc., 1954. Mass Market Paperback. Used-Acceptable. 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 188 pp. A perfectly acceptable reading copy. Title page is missing. Moderate foxing on page edges. Pages detached from spine. Spine strengthened with adhesive tape. No publishing year given. Publishing year gleaned from other sources, therefore, it is an approximation.
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- Bookseller
- gearbooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6iAa0007
- Title
- New Short Novels
- Author
- Mary Louise Aswell (Editor); Jean Stafford, Shelby Foote, Elizabeth Etnier, Clyde Miller (Authors)
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used-Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books/Ballantine Books, Inc./A Divison of Random House, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Fictional Novel, Literary Fiction
- Size
- 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall
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The Bronx, New York
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Acceptable
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- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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...
- 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....
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
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