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The Book of Fallacies: from Unfinished Papers of Jeremy Bentham
by Bentham, Jeremy; Peregrine Bingham [editor]; (by A Friend)
- Used
- fair
- Condition
- fair
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: John & H.L.Hunt, 1824. First edition. Hard Cover. fair. 8vo. 411pp.Marble contemporary boards. Leather spine. Ex-library. Bookplate on front paste-down. Front board is detached and back hinge cracked but attached. Some foxing. Bentham was known for his greatest happiness principle which holds that one must always act to produce the greatest happiness amongs all sentient beings.
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- Seller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 30436
- Title
- The Book of Fallacies: from Unfinished Papers of Jeremy Bentham
- Author
- Bentham, Jeremy; Peregrine Bingham [editor]; (by A Friend)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John & H.L.Hunt
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1824
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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