Early Moon by Sandburg, Carl
- Bookseller: Bernardston Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 118649
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good +
- Jacket condition: Good + Dj
- Illustrator: Drawings by James Daugherty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harcourt Brace and World, Inc.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1958
Description
New York: Harcourt Brace and World, Inc., 1958 Usual ex-lib markings. Dj is mildly faded, not price clipped, in a new Brodart. Tape remnants on covers & endpapers, else tight & clean. 137 pages.. Cloth. Good +/Good + Dj. Illus. by Drawings by James Daugherty. 6.5 x 9.25". Ex-Library.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
price clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Brodart : Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The name refers to the company by the same name which produces many book repair and archival products.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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