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Say, is this the U.S.A.
by Erskine Caldwell, Margaret Bourke-White
- Used
- Good
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Berkeley, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. Hard cover. Good/Fair. Jacket spine is sunned, but readability is not affected. Jacket spine has closed tear. Jacket is worn, especially along edges. Jacket has Mylar covering. Jacket is tanned, but legibility is not impacted. Front and back jacket flaps are clipped. Spine is cracked and cocked, but secure. Spine and cover edges are tanned. Cover corners are lightly bumped. Text block is foxed. Front free end paper has inscription from previous owner. Front and back free end papers and fly leaves are foxed, but legibility is good. Inside is unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Moe's Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2048764
- Title
- Say, is this the U.S.A.
- Author
- Erskine Caldwell, Margaret Bourke-White
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- DI
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Moe's Books
Biblio member since 2005
Berkeley, California
About Moe's Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
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