A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David
- Bookseller: Second Glance Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 006554
- Format: Mass Market Paperback
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date published: 1921
Description
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Blue cloth boards with edge wear. Rubbing along joints and at corners. Spine ends show heavy wear with tail end worn through to paper. PO name at top of fep. Pages with occasional underlining and marginalia. Mild age toning. Binding tight and sound. Penciled notes in rear endpapers.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket. jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book Mass market paperback : Also known as the pocket paperback. A small format paperback usually measuring about 4" by 6".
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. Also known as the back. tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use. tail : The heel of the spine. endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book. marginalia : Notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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