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An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth
by Russell, Bertrand
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. 445, [3]pp. Original printed wrappers over blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Fascinating work examining the relation between our language and the world. Russell talks about the hierarchy of empirical knowledge, consisting of the facts, observed or unobserved, the basic propositions, and the inferred propositions. Some age wear on wrappers with creasing and tiny chipping on upper front cover and spine. Sporadic and minor underlining in pencil throughout. Wrappers in overall good-, binding and interior in good+ to very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28856
- Title
- An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth
- Author
- Russell, Bertrand
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Meaning in Philosophy, Truth in philosophy, Definition of knowledge, Relation of truth to experience, First edition, Reference
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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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.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- 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...
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