MISTER MARGOLIES by YAFFE, James
- Bookseller: M. Kettner and Son, Booksellers
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 002393
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Near Fine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Random House
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1962
Description
NY: Random House, 1962 212 pp. First edition. Yellow paper boards, blue cloth spine with gilt stamping. Review copy, publisher's slip laid in. Novel of self-deception and its outcome. Former owner's label on front paste-down. Line of very light discoloration along edges of covers. Spine very lightly cocked at one end. Dj: with very light edge and corner wear - in protective glassine. A good-looking copy.. Quarter-Bound. Very Good/Near Fine. 5.75" x 8.25".
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound 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.
cocked : Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not align when the book is lying flat. Severity may differ.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
paste-down : The portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a book. Often used as front paste-down or rear past-down.
laid in : something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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