New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1969. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Late senator's account of the 1962 Caribbean confrontation between America and Russia. Book club edition. No writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true, and the corners are square. There is only some slight browning to the pages. Rear free endpaper has some faint spotting on the upper right side. Dust jacket has some browning along the edges of the rear flap and some shelf wear to the edges in general. The jacket also has a 3/4" chip on the upper back side, but the piece remains attached. This collectible, near fine copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!

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Title: Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Author: Kennedy, Robert F
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Book Club Edition
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1969
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾

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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...
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....
Book Club Edition: A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Remainder: Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...