The American People; A Study in National Character
by Geoffrey Gorer
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
W.W. Norton, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1948. No Edition Remarks. 246 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Some minor pencil underlining and marginalia throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with some black scuffed marking. Light scuffing and water staining to text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with splits. Scuffing to boards, with grey and black marking overall. Some minor water staining to surfaces. Notable scuffing alone spine joints. Bubbling to cloth to boards. Light tanning to spine and edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1627902864ADA
- Title
- The American People; A Study in National Character
- Author
- Geoffrey Gorer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton
- Date Published
- 1948
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- 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....
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...