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The Basic Works of Aristotle
by Aristotle and Richard McKeon(Editor)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1966. First US Edition/20th Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. In beige buckram cloth with red title panel and gilt to spine. Tinted top pages faded to pink with some pale spotting. Bottom corners bumped with some other light dings to board edges, head of spine and top rear corner. Light wear to heel.A couple marks notes in pencil and short tears to top of rear endpapers. Binding solid. Jacket is price-clipped with chipping - especially to head of spine, but also corners and flap creases. Some tears, especially at head of spine and top of rear panel, marks, tanning, etc. Mark to ffep.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB008335AR
- Title
- The Basic Works of Aristotle
- Author
- Aristotle and Richard McKeon(Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First US Edition/20th Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Bookseller catalogs
- Greek Literature;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Albany, California
About Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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