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Anne Carroll Moore: A Biography
by Sayers, Frances Clarke
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY, USA: Ateneum, 1972. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xvi, 304pp, central section of black and white photographic plates. Quarter bound in white cloth over purple paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, top text block edge sprayed yellow, bottom edge untrimmed, mustard endpapers. 8vo. Rubbed spine ends, a little cocked. Top text block edge colour fading, remaining edges just starting to tan; some signed of use to fore edge. Hinges strengthened with paper tape, 'Ambassador Book' plate pasted to front free endpaper, institution stamp to copyright page. Otherwise internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket protected in plastic cover (adhered to itself), shelf number label to spine, has very light shelf wear, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024098
- Title
- Anne Carroll Moore: A Biography
- Author
- Sayers, Frances Clarke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ateneum
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 1.98 lbs
- Keywords
- Biography
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- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
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