Starship Troopers by Robert A Heinlein
- Bookseller: Tokenbooks
(GB)
- Seller Inventory #: 000003
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: New English Library
Description
New English Library. Excellent copy in fine condition. Jacket is unclipped & showing original price of £3.25, Not so much as a single crease or marm on it. Red Boards with gilt lettering are similarly unmarked. Pages are crisp & unmarked. No inscriptions or other marks. A stunning copy..
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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
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.
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
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