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Leonard Bernstein; a biography for young people
by Ewen, David
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/fair
- Seller
-
Pittsburg, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Chilton Book Co, 1960. First Edition. Cloth. Good/fair. Octavo, 174 pages. Stated first edition. Light blue cloth boards, with sunning on spine. Tanned pages. Firm binding; no loose pages. Dust jacket with rubbing, creases, chips and small tears, particularly along edges and at spine. Name written on front end paper; no other writing or marks detected. Spine slightly cocked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wayside Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11451
- Title
- Leonard Bernstein; a biography for young people
- Author
- Ewen, David
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chilton Book Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- music; conducting
Terms of Sale
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Most books are mailed in cardboard boxes, with protection for the book and padding to avoid damage en route. Some paperback books shipped within the US may be mailed in bubble envelopes.
About the Seller
Wayside Books
Biblio member since 2021
Pittsburg, Kansas
About Wayside Books
Wayside Books LLC is owned by Dianne and Steven Cox, currently operating their online store in Southeast Kansas. We have honed our rare book skills at the Rare Books School at the University of Virginia and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. We sell modern first editions and collectible fiction, as well as children's books and non-fiction books, with an emphasis on history, politics, social sciences, and the arts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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