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The Late George Apley: A Novel in the Form of a Memoir (Modern Library  #182.2)

The Late George Apley: A Novel in the Form of a Memoir (Modern Library #182.2)

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The Late George Apley: A Novel in the Form of a Memoir (Modern Library #182.2)

by MARQUAND, John P

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New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. [c.1948]. Hardcover. The author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel in a Modern Library reprint edition. With a new introduction by the author. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / faded red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso advertises 334 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1948 (though 1940 date appears in book). ML #182.2. --- A tightly-bound, sound copy, but with a little age-toning to leaves, prior owners' penciled signatures to verso of front free endpaper, dampstained topstain and minor discoloration to cloth. Unclipped dust jacket with chips (especially to spine ends) and small tears to edges; with some rubbing, but remaining bright and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; vi, 354 pages .

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Late George Apley: A Novel in the Form of a Memoir (Modern Library #182.2)
Author
MARQUAND, John P
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
Publisher
The Modern Library / Random House
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
[c.1948]
Bookseller catalogs
>>Pulitzer, Nobel, Booker, Nat Book Award Prize;

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Verso
The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Reprint
Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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....
Leaves
Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
12mo
A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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