Triumph in the West by Bryant, Arthur
- Bookseller: Greenberry House
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 002161
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: Good
- Edition: Not Stated
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Doubleday & Company
- Place: Garden City, New York
- Date published: 1959
Description
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1959. 438 pages, indexed. A history of the years 1943-1946 of World War II, based on the diaries of Field-Marshall Lord Alanbrooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Tan cloth binding with gilt on red lettering on spine, maps on endpapers. Very light edge wear to cover, corners straight and lettering bright, interior pages bright, black smudge on bottom corner of page edges. Red jacket with white and black lettering is a little edge worn and scrubbed, darkened and slightly soiled on white back, $6.95 price not clipped. May require extra shipping.. Not Stated. Original Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
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 : 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.
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.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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