Bibliography of American Literature, compiled by Jacob Blanck, a scholarly and bibliographically exhaustive work in nine volumes describing the works of many American authors, mostly concentrated on authors who were active during the 19th Century. Booksellers also refer to it as Blanck, giving the mistaken impression that they were dear friends with the bibliographer, and that he often consulted them over the finer points.

As in "near fine or better" - means we can't quite see our way clear to calling the condition fine. Maybe another dealer would, but we can't. However, if you ply us with alcohol in a dark room then anything goes. (see Alcohol, plying us with in dark room). We described this copy of Shirley Jackson's The Lottery (sold in 2005) as having a "very good or better dustwrapper" - since it was the Dedication Copy getting hot and bothered about the condition really didn't make much sense.

When the edges of the boards are noticeably tapered, such as with the limited edition of Julia Peterkin and Doris Ulmann's Roll, Jordan, Roll, this copy offered in our Catalog 138.

The glue used by binders to attach cloth, leather, and pastedowns to the boards, and for whatever else binders need glue for. It turns up in our descriptions mostly when it has been either over applied, or has otherwise interacted with the paper to cause some sort of darkening to some component part of the book, usually the endpapers. Copies of Eudora Welty's first book, A Curtain of Green, (such as this copy, inscribed to her friend, author Edna Frederickson and offered in our Catalog 83) always have some darkening to the endpapers because of over-application of the binder's glue.