Carmen Martin Gaite Publisher: Siglo XXIDate published: 1972Format: Softcover
First Edition. Text in Spanish. Owner name front free page: John H.R. Polt, Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Berkeley. Browning of front and rear free pages. No other marks in very lightly read book. Softcover sunning.
London 1992 first edition, first impression. Harvill. Hardcover octavo. Turquoise cover. 374p. Translated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. Text Fine; binding secure; small discoloration on corner of rear cover. no dj. VG+.
Carmen Martin Gaite Publisher: Siglo XXIDate published: 1972Format: Softcover
First Edition. Text in Spanish. Owner name front free page: John H.R. Polt, Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Berkeley. Browning of front and rear free pages. No other marks in very lightly read book. Softcover sunning.
London 1992 first edition, first impression. Harvill. Hardcover octavo. Turquoise cover. 374p. Translated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. Text Fine; binding secure; small discoloration on corner of rear cover. no dj. VG+.
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Letter line: A letter line is a convention occasionally used by publishers to denote the printing of a particular book. It is generally located on the copyright page and consists of a sequence of letters, the lowest alphabetically of which generally indicates the number of the printing (for example, "A" indicates a 1st printing, "B" a second printing, "C" a third printing, etc.).
Below is a letter line from Harvill Press, in this case indicating a first printing:
For more information on similar conventions used to identify printings, see also number lines.