Room At the Top
by Braine, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good first edition copy. Green cloth with gilt. Corners softened, light foxing, edges lightly sunned. Includes a laid-in card inscribed by author "To my friend Vicki Greenwell with love-John Braine 1977." The unclipped jacket is in a protective cover and is foxed, lightly soiled, and edgeworn, with interior tape repairs to small tears to spine head. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17077
- Title
- Room At the Top
- Author
- Braine, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
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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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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....
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