Great Tales of the American West (Modern Library)

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reprint

Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.

text block

Most simply the inside pages of a book.  More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a...[more]

price clipped

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Brodart

Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...[more]

jacket

Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...[more]