Scoundrel Time by Hellman, Lillian
- Bookseller: Add-More Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: NO 30208
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: very Good
- Illustrator: Cover Art
- Edition: 1st
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0316355151
- ISBN 13: 9780316355155
- Publisher: Little Brown & Co.
- Place: Many
- Date published: 1976
Description
Many: Little Brown & Co., 1976. X-library with normal flaws.....The hard cover and the jacket has very light shelf wear.......We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by.. 1st. Cloth. Very Good/very Good. Illus. by Cover Art. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Back.
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
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.
x-library : An abbreviation for Ex-library former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Book summary
This third volume of the playwright's memoirs focuses on her experiences testifying before Congress during the Communist-hunting days of the 1950s, when she and many of her colleagues were called on to expose their friends as political subversives. This edition includes an introduction by Garry Wills.
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