New York, NY Doubleday , 1981. Hardcover First Ed; later printing. Very Good in Very Good+ DJ: Both book and DJ shows indications of careful use. Book shows light wear to the extremities; smudging at the bottom edge of the text block, to the lower fore-edge, and to the front free endpaper; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows mild rubbing; light wear to the extremities; price intact; mylar-protected. Overall, remains a structurally sound, tightly bound copy, showing plenty of use, but minor wear and with a clean text. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 1693pp. First Ed; later printing. Hardback with DJ.
Very Good in Very Good+ DJ: Both book and DJ shows indications of careful use. Book shows light wear to the extremities; smudging at the bottom edge of the text block, to the lower fore-edge, and to the front free endpaper; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows mild rubbing; light wear to the extremities; price intact; mylar-protected. Overall, remains a structurally sound, tightly bound copy, showing plenty of use, but minor wear and with a clean text. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 1693pp. First Ed; later printing. Hardback with DJ.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., 1981. Comprehensive classic reference text contains 50,000 clue words, 150,000 sub-clue words and over one million answer words. Contains geographic, historical, biblical, literary, archaic, foreign-language, obsolete, scientific, and musical words, and hundreds of other special references; including one of the largest books of synonyms ever published. 1693 pgs. Thumb-indexed. Minimal shelfwear. Minor light scuff marks to covers and outer edges. Gilt spine. . . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/ . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
1692 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, thumb index; faint, scattered foxing t.e. Cover: black, gilt titles spine; v lt shelfwear, mild dip in spine near head. DJ: clipped, white, yellow crossword background, black titles/text all surfaces; lt shelf/edgewear, several v sm closed tears head/tail, v sm chip (1 cm) tail. The scarce "real deal". Heavy.
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gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.