Mad or Muddled?
by Sargent, Porter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Forest Grove, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Porter Sargent Publisher, 1947. Very Good. Cloth. Thirtieth Edition. 12mo (up to 7½" tall). 190, [6] pp. Red cloth boards, gilt text. Light bumping to spine tail. Light wear to spine ends and corners. A few water spots and tiny dimples on upper corner of rear board. Text block is square, tight, toning with age. Small deep rash to bottom of FFEP with some show-through..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bridgetown Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- QA25170
- Title
- Mad or Muddled?
- Author
- Sargent, Porter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Thirtieth Edition
- Publisher
- Porter Sargent Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 12mo (up to 7½" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Education;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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 book....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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