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UNDERCOVER: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF AMERICAN MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
by Bonn, Thomas L
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- A touch of age darkening to spine and edges. A near fine copy. (7916)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Penguin Books, 1982. First edition. A touch of age darkening to spine and edges. A near fine copy. (7916). Octavo, decorated wrappers. Trade paperback format. A short history of the American paperback, includes a number of cover reproductions including several color sections.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7916
- Title
- UNDERCOVER: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF AMERICAN MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
- Author
- Bonn, Thomas L
- Book Condition
- Used - A touch of age darkening to spine and edges. A near fine copy. (7916)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Reference . Paperback
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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