THE SMOKE SCREEN OF JUTLAND
by John Irving
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/very good
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: David McKay Co., 1967. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 256 pgs. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. Dark gray cloth with gilt lettering on spine. B&W illustrations. Condition of book is VERY GOOD+ ; ends of spine slightly bumped, corners and covers very clean, spine slightly cocked. Owner's name in ink on ffep, light foxing to edges of text block. DJ condition is VERY GOOD ; some very faint stains on cover, corners slightly worn, spine faded, but overall very nice. Not price-clipped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4041
- Title
- THE SMOKE SCREEN OF JUTLAND
- Author
- John Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- David McKay Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
Terms of Sale
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Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....