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Groucho and Me
by Groucho Marx
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bernard Geis Associates, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1959. Third Printing. 344 pages. Grey paper covered boards with red cloth to spine. Contains a few black and white photographic plates to front of textblock. Pages are lightly tanned, heavier to edges, but text remains clear. Shaky biding due to heavily cracked front hinge, but all pages remain attached. Boards have heavy shelf-wear, with visible corner bumping and noticeable scuffing to edges. spine ends are heavily sunned, with noticeable crushing and slight splitting. Moderate tanning and foxing to board edges. Noticeable crease to front board. Unclipped jacket. Moderate tanning to all surfaces. Heavy edgewear with visible chipping, ripping and ares of loss. Front panel is almost detached from spine. Tape to some areas.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1666855323MHP
- Title
- Groucho and Me
- Author
- Groucho Marx
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bernard Geis Associates
- Date Published
- 1959
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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