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Aurora Dawn
by Herman Wouk
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1947. Book Club Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. WOUK, HERMAN. Aurora Dawn, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1947. Octavo, book club edition, pp. xi, 241, 1 (note), blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and purple label to spine, gilt initials on front, small blind-stamped book club circle in rear. Nice reading copy of Wouk's first novel. Condition of this book: Near fine with sunning at boards's edges, chips at jacket's edges. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; 1940s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53358. .
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- Seller
- Rarities etc.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 53358
- Title
- Aurora Dawn
- Author
- Herman Wouk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Literature & Literary; United States; 1940s; Fiction. Herman Wouk Aurora Dawn
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Warwick, New York
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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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