The Master Crossword Puzzle Dictionary: The Unabridged Word Bank
Baus, Herbert M Publisher: Doubleday &...Date published: 1981ISBN: 9780385151184
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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number line:A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that particular copy (e.g., a "1" would mean a first printing, and a "29" would indicate a 29th printing).
The following example is of a book that is in its 4th printing from Citadel Press. Note that despite the apparent declaration of "First printing 1997" the number line indicates the actual printing.
Often, the number line does not appear in sequence, as shown below in this first printing from Macmillan. However, the lowest number still indicates the printing:
There may also be times when a number line also contains intended years of publication as well as printings. This number line, for example, describes a first printing, published in 1989 by Harper & Row:
Random House is a notable exception, where for a period of several decades a first printing was indicated with a number line that began with "2", often accompanied by the words "First Edition".
Still other times, publishers may choose to use a letter line rather than a number line, as here shown in a first printing from Harvill Press (the "A" being indicative, rather than a "1"):