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Second Stage Lensmen by Smith, Edward E
- Bookseller: Ariel Books
 (NZ)
- Seller Inventory #: 8850
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0000000000
- ISBN 13: 9780000000002
- Publisher: Fantasy
- Place: Pensylvania, USA
- Date published: 1953
Description
Pensylvania, USA: Fantasy, 1953. Has been in one collection since new and is in exceptionally good condition. Blue bds are fresh and unworn with Gilt title which has dulled, interior is FINE not aged discoloured, Original wrapper is First state with Red Title bright and fresh with tiny tear to foot of spine, not chipped. Complete with front bds to later paperback edition showing cover art.. ISBN: 0000000000. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Binkley, Ric. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
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.
bds : An abbreviation used for boards, used to describe the front and back coverings of a hard covered book.
first state : used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some part of the binding or correction of the text which has been made in later versions of the first edition print run.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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