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THE UNCERTAIN TRUMPET
by Taylor, General Maxwell D
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
US: Harper & Brother Publishers, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good -/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Quarter white cloth over navy cloth over boards with navy-debossed particulars and red stars to spine and publisher's debossed emblem to front board. Pages are clean and unmarked. Text block is lightly sunned, fore edge deckled, top edge might have once been sprayed navy, but is heavily faded. First free endpaper is soiled, but endpapers are otherwise clean and unmarked. Boards have soiling along spine and to top edge and lower edge, lower corners bumped, and tail of spine bumped. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket has light scuffing and soiling to covers, and light creasing and chipping to corners and ends of spine. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64901
- Title
- THE UNCERTAIN TRUMPET
- Author
- Taylor, General Maxwell D
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brother Publishers
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- American History
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
Welcome to Atlanta Vintage Books, serving book lovers locally and worldwide for over 30 years. Our 5,000 square foot book store houses over 70,000 vintage, rare and out of print books. You'll be greeted with a smile when you enter but left alone as you browse. Our staff is friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Special orders are happily accommodated, as hard-to-find and out-of-print editions are a specialty. Our store is light and airy with plate glass windows letting in plenty of natural light and wonderfully decorated with antique display cases, old barrister bookcases, and wood book shelves. The wide aisles and scattered seating make browsing a joy. You'll wonder where the time went.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
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