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Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore , Mythology and Legend
by Leach, Mariaand Jerome Fried(Editors)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Good
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1972. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Good. Originaly published in 1949 in two volumes. Full number line 1-10. An ex-library copywith minimal markings in red pictorial cloth with black type and design motif. Tape shadows/residue to tops and bottoms of boards and free endpapers. Sticker to rfep, stamps to front pastedown, ffep and top page ends. Rear hinge split at end of index with mull showing, but still holding. Interior clean. Jacket is unclipped ($17.95) with chip at top of front flap and fading to spine which has two tape shadows and sticker residue/scarring towards bottom of same and 1/2 inch tear. Please note: This book is quite large/heavy and may require additional postage - especially for overseas and expedited orders.
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- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- LPB008286ML
- Title
- Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore , Mythology and Legend
- Author
- Leach, Mariaand Jerome Fried(Editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First US Edition Thus/First Printing
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mythology & Folklore;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Albany, California
About Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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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....
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
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