The Dignity of Man: Studies in the Persistence of an Idea
by Baker, Herschel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xii, 365pp. Dark blue cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original price-clipped printed dust jacket. The author presents the history of the concept of human dignity. The work is divided in three sections and generally deals with philosophy, theology, and literature. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Top corners of leaves bumped throughout. Some staining on cloth. Head and tail and midsection on inside of dj spine repaired with tape. Some staining, chipping and tearing on dj. Dust jacket in fair, binding in good, interior in overall very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31159
- Title
- The Dignity of Man: Studies in the Persistence of an Idea
- Author
- Baker, Herschel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Mass
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- western philosophy, social science, gnosticism, paganism, christian humanism, sociology, neoplatonism, realism, nominalism, platonic humanism, socrates, aristotle, aristotelian humanism, stoicism, humanism, Ionian naturalism, pythagorean mysticism, sophis
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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