A NARROW ACTION by BREIT, Harvey
- Bookseller: M. Kettner and Son, Booksellers
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 000776
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: World Publishing
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1964
Description
NY: World Publishing, 1964. 286 pp. First edition. Brown boards with gilt stamping on cover and spine. Well-written character study of participants and leaders in a fictious revolution. Upper and lower extremities of boards lightly sunned. Dj: rubbed (white showing thru in places) front and back; above-average edge and corner wear; quarter by one-inch and half by one-inch piece missing top and near-bottom of spine respectively. Dj in protective glassine.. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 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.
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.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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