SELECTED WRITINGS OF HERMAN MELVILLE
by Herman Melville
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Pomona, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Modern Library. 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Lightly cocked spine. Light rubbing along panel edges. Chipping at spine crown. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rare Book Cellar (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 173196
- Title
- SELECTED WRITINGS OF HERMAN MELVILLE
- Author
- Herman Melville
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...