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Unpopular Essays
by Bertrand Russell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1950. First Edition. 223 pages. Yellow dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with slight bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Minor insect damage across lower edges. Light tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear, with some areas of loss to spine ends, and heavy tears, chips and creasing to edges and corners. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Water drops down spine.
Synopsis
Originally publishedas: London : George Allen & Unwin, 1950. Includes index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1688635234ADA
- Title
- Unpopular Essays
- Author
- Bertrand Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
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