Valentine Pontifex by Silverberg, Robert
- Bookseller: Finderskeepers
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: Alibris.0002281
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0877955441
- ISBN 13: 9780877955443
- Publisher: Arbor House
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1983
Description
NY: Arbor House, 1983 Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Book Club Edition. 347 clean, unmarked pgs in vg condition, slight shelf wear on spine top & bottom edges; dj has some wear on edges. Endpaper maps; jacket design by Loretta Trezzo. Hard cover. Very Good/Good.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
vg : Very Good condition. can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
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.
book club edition : A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the overall quality of the book's materials is lower than the same book as printed by a traditional publishing house.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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