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First Editions: A Guide to Identification: Statements of Selected North American, British Commonwealth, and Irish Publishers on Their Methods of Designating First Editions
by Zempel, Edward N.;Verkler, Linda A. (Editors)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/fair
- ISBN 10
- 0930358074
- ISBN 13
- 9780930358075
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Peoria: The Spoon River Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/fair. Octavo. Red cloth hardcover in beige paper dust jacket. [vi], 231 pages. Light edgewear on covers. Chipping on dust jacket spine and edges.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19296
- Title
- First Editions: A Guide to Identification: Statements of Selected North American, British Commonwealth, and Irish Publishers on Their Methods of Designating First Editions
- Author
- Zempel, Edward N.;Verkler, Linda A. (Editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0930358074
- ISBN 13
- 9780930358075
- Publisher
- The Spoon River Press
- Place of Publication
- Peoria
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Books on Books
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Americana Books ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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