JANIE by BENTHAM, Josephine
- Bookseller: M. Kettner and Son, Booksellers
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 002344
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Fair
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Dial Press
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1940
Description
NY: Dial Press, 1940. 165 pp. First edition. Tan boards with green stamping on cover and spine. Upper edge green. Some freckling and soiling to lower text-edges. Upper edges of covers lighly soiled. Touch of discoloration to endpapers. Dust cover: with a 1.5" and a half-inch piece missing; a couple edge and corner tears; some chipping along one edge; a scratch across rear panel; some soiling to all surfaces. Dj in protective glassine.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 5.75" x 8.25".
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short 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.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
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