The Loom of Language
by Bodmer, Frederick
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
W. W. Norton & Company, 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover/Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Frontispiece: The Rosetta Stone. Editor's Foreword by Lancelot Hogben.682 pp. plus Index. Red cloth covered boards have black title box on spine with gilt text and decorations. Book is illustrated with 46 illustrations, mostly photographic b/w plates. Book is tight and square with minute scuffing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turn and Temper Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73
- Title
- The Loom of Language
- Author
- Bodmer, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover/Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Date Published
- 1944
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About the Seller
Turn and Temper Books
Biblio member since 2023
Rockville, Maryland
About Turn and Temper Books
Turn and Temper Books specializes in non-fiction, high quality rare books in Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Nature, Technology, Business, and related fields. We also may have the occasional modern first edition and other fiction titles. We focus on quality and condition: with few exceptions (mostly relating to antiquarian stock), all books sold are in Very Good or better condition and are highly collectible.
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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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...