The Ugly American
by Lederer, William J. / Burdick, Eugene
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 285 pp, stated First Edition, A Note from the Authors, 23 titled chapters. A Novel of Southeast Asia, set in fictitious country (Sarkhan). Pages 79-84 with brown stain on top edge, finger tip sizd along page top, else clean, binding tight, very light wear on tips of spine top and bottom, forecorner tips. Over all VG. 5.8" x 8.5" 1/4 black cloth backed with red paper covered boards, gilt spine letters. Unclipped DJ, w/tih 1" chip spine bottom & light wear to forecorners. $3.75 on DJ, in protector. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007529
- Title
- The Ugly American
- Author
- Lederer, William J. / Burdick, Eugene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Communist threats and Washington Politics - early 1950's
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE; U. S. HISTORY;
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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.