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Decision (Franklin Library Signed First Edition series)
by DRURY, Allen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. Leather. A signed first edition in a deluxe Franklin Library issuance of this novel by Allen Drury, which is centered around the United States Supreme Court. With a two-page illustration by Malcolm Liepke, and with a special introductory note by the author; signed by Allen Drury on otherwise blank front endpaper. Issued as part of the publisher's Signed First Edition Society series. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. --- Bound in rich full green bonded leather covers with four raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. With colorful faux marbled endpapers, and sewn-in green satin ribbon bookmark. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- An excellent copy, but with slight scratching to textblock fore- and lower edges.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (18), 486 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83830
- Title
- Decision (Franklin Library Signed First Edition series)
- Author
- DRURY, Allen
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1983
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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