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THE REIGN OF KING JOHN by PAINTER, Sydney
- Bookseller: M. Kettner and Son, Booksellers
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 000368
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Good Plus
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University
- Place: Baltimore
- Date published: 1966
Description
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 1966. 397 pp. First paperback edition. #JH-14 in the publisher's catalog. A reprint of original 1949 edition. Includes notes and index. John is best remembered as the successor to Richard the Lion-Hearted and for signing the Magna Carta. His private and public life is also detailed. Required reading for any and all interested in the period. Cover rubbed, some surface creasing. Average shelf wear at top of spine and at other contact points. Upper and fore edge browned, couple of brown stains on bottom edge. Former price blacked out.. Trade Paperback. Good Plus. 5.25" x 8".
trade paperback : Often used to indicate any paperback book that is somewhat larger than a mass-market paperback.
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.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
fore edge : The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. Depending on context, may refer to either the text edges, or the board edges.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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