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RACE, ROCK, AND ELVIS
by Bertrand, Michael T
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0252025865
- ISBN 13
- 9780252025860
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 327 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Black spine with pink and purple lettering. Minor shelf wear to head and tail of spine. Moderate rubbing on front and back covers of dust jacket. Creasing along top and bottom edges of dust jacket. Minor speckling and scraping to bottom edge of back dust jacket cover. Slight age toning to top and bottom edges of text block. Shelved in case 12. 1368824. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1368824
- Title
- RACE, ROCK, AND ELVIS
- Author
- Bertrand, Michael T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0252025865
- ISBN 13
- 9780252025860
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana and Chicago
- Date Published
- 2000
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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