Rival Pitchers of Oakdale by Morgan Scott
- Bookseller: Birchwood Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 1370
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: Poor
- Illustrator: Uncredited
- Edition: Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: A. L. Burt Company
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1911
Description
New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1911 This is a very early reprint in a rare dust jacket. Young baseball plyers. Part of the Oakdale series. Jacket is heavily worn with large tear in front panel and lots of edgewear. Front flap is missing. jacke tis now protected by Brodart. Green cloth with with black titles on spine and cover. Spine as image of baseball player. Caover has three players. Spien and eges of boards are faded. head and tail of spine are rubbed. Previous owners name in pencil on ffep. Black and white frontispiece. Binding is tight and interior is clean. 311p. plus several pages of ads. . Reprint. Cloth. Good/Poor. Illus. by Uncredited. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book. 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. reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition. 12mo : An abbreviation for duodecimo, a book size describing a book which is approximately 7 by 4.5 inches. tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use. tail : The heel of the spine. frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page. ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book. Brodart : Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The name refers to the company by the same name which produces many book repair and archival products. Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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