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Shake Well Before Using. A New Collection Of Impressions And Anecdotes, Mostly Humorous.
by Bennett Cerf
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hammond, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. Third Edition. 306 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with black and white illustrations throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front pastedown and slight dog-eared pages throughout. Visible foxing and tanning to text block edges. Front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and sunning. Moderate bumping to corners and fair crushing to spine ends. Major sunning to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1638362803ADA
- Title
- Shake Well Before Using. A New Collection Of Impressions And Anecdotes, Mostly Humorous.
- Author
- Bennett Cerf
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hammond
- Date Published
- 1951
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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