The Wonder City of Oz
by John R. Neill
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Reilly & Lee, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16-page gatherings, illustrated endsheets, $1.50 on the DJ flap. Binding tight and square, modest shelf wear, small p.o. name in ink on the ffep, 'This book belongs to' is blank. Light rubbing at the corners and spine ends of the dustjacket, tape re-enforcement to verso at top and bottom of the spine repairing short closed tears.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dunaway Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 280680
- Title
- The Wonder City of Oz
- Author
- John R. Neill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Reilly & Lee
- Date Published
- 1940
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dunaway Books
Biblio member since 2011
Saint Louis, Missouri
About Dunaway Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.