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Emile (Everyman's Library)
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. Reprinted. 444 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light pencil underlining and marginalia to pages. Light pencil marking to text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Staining to boards. Dark marking to front board.
Synopsis
Rousseau wrote about the difficulty of being a good individual within an inherently corrupting collectivity: society. Emile deals specifically with education, and outlines a system which would allow for human goodness. He uses the fictional story of Emile and his tutor to outline his ideas. The book was banned and publicly burned on its publication, but became a European bestseller and provided a basis for new education systems.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1644565556LSA
- Title
- Emile (Everyman's Library)
- Author
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd
- Date Published
- 1955
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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