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Dictionary of American Slang
by Wentworth, Harold and Flexner, Stuart Berg, Eds
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: George G Harrap, 1960. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: George G Harrap, 1960, third printing. 8vo., xviii+669pp. Red cloth with gilt spine titles. Very good in fair dust jacket, chipped at the heel and crown. . Hard. Very Good/Fair. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006742
- Title
- Dictionary of American Slang
- Author
- Wentworth, Harold and Flexner, Stuart Berg, Eds
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- George G Harrap
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Bookseller catalogs
- Language;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
The Wild Muse
Returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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