On The Improvement Of Society By The Diffusion Of Knowledge
by Thomas Dick
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
William Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 336 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and slight dog-eared pages throughout. Heavy tanning to text block edges and both cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Binding is loose with light foxing throughout. Boards have heavy rubbing and visible sunning. Moderate bumping to corners and splitting to joints with heavier crushing to head end of spine. Visible sunning to spine as well.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1626441109PUL
- Title
- On The Improvement Of Society By The Diffusion Of Knowledge
- Author
- Thomas Dick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Collins
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....