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BIG AS LIFE
by Doctorow, E.L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 218 pages. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine beige with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild age toning exteriorly with ex-library sticker residue to lower spine and closed tear to rear head edge and few smaller chips to the edges. Boards have cocked slightly with lightly sunned spine, tape remnants to rear tail edge and light soiling. Text block has red colored head edge and stamped ex-library name with mild age toning to the fore and tail edges, several instances of ex-library markings interiorly. Author's second book. First Edition, First Printing. 1371374. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1371374
- Title
- BIG AS LIFE
- Author
- Doctorow, E.L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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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