The Fable of the Bees: Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits (Two-Volume Set, Oxford, 1957)
by Bernard Mandeville; F.B. Kaye (commentary)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Oxford University Press (Clarendon). Used - Very Good. 1957. Hardcover. Cloth, no dj. Oxford University Press, 1957 reprint of 1924 first edition, 8vo, two volumes. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spines. Vol. 1: cxlvi + 412 pp. Scuffing and minor soiling to boards; spotted discoloration to spine, not affecting gilt titles. Edgewear to boards, with fraying at corners. Expected age-toning to text block edges. Else clean and bright. Vol. 2: 481 pp. Light rubbing and edgewear to boards. Expected age-toning to text block edges. Else clean and bright. Altogether a handsome set in very good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Philosophy).
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S77992
- Title
- The Fable of the Bees: Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits (Two-Volume Set, Oxford, 1957)
- Author
- Bernard Mandeville; F.B. Kaye (commentary)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (Clarendon)
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
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- Spine
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