Simple Speaks His Mind
by Hughes, Langston
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Good
- Seller
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Tacoma, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Simon & Schuster, 1950 Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 231 pages, blue cloth, deckled fore and lower edges. Lower corner exposed to flame- likely a cigarette burn: heel of the spine and lower rear board has an inch by half inch cloth burnt away exposing the inner workings at the juncture of the board and spine. Dust jacket missing approximately and inch by two inches segment at the same location affecting the first two letters of the author's name. Otherwise, minor wear to the edges and corners, minor loss at the head of the spine. Toning on the paste downs, one page with creasing along the fore edge. Publishers' postcard requesting responses about this book laid-in. Still an attractive copy in protective Brodart..
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- Bookseller
- Else Fine Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001939
- Title
- Simple Speaks His Mind
- Author
- Hughes, Langston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
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Tacoma, Washington
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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