GUINNESS BOOK OF SUPERLATIVES
by Guinness, Rupert (Foreword)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good-
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY: Superlatives Inc. (1956) 224 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Faint sunning to bottom edges. Spine ends slightly bumped. Light natural toning to endpapers. DJ lightly soiled w/ light edge wear; approx. 1/4" closed tear at bottom edge of front panel. Illust. w/ a color frontispiece and several b/w photos. Contents nice.. First Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10437SPMSC
- Title
- GUINNESS BOOK OF SUPERLATIVES
- Author
- Guinness, Rupert (Foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Impression
- Publisher
- Superlatives Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Keywords
- SPORTS HISTORY GUINNESS BOOK OF SUPERLATIVES WORLD RECORDS CURIOSITIES AND WONDERS REFERENCE GUIDE PERIODICALS AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED PHOTOGRAPHS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; Reference; Sports - Misc;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.