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THE BERLIN STORIES: The Last of Mr. Norris. Goodbye to Berlin by Isherwood, Christopher
- Bookseller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 27629
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: New Directions.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1945
Description
New York: New Directions., 1945 First Edition. A near fine or better copy in gray cloth, black titles to the spine in a bright, fresh neatly price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper showing mininmal use at the heel and crown of the spine. 8vo. 207 pp. Basis for the 1972 film Cabaret. Very nice. . First Edition.
dustwrapper : Another term for 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.
heel : The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
price-clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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