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Marriage And Morals
by Bertrand Russell
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1929. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1929. First Edition. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's dedication in ink and pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down. Moderate cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. White rub marks to front paste-down. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout, with dark water drops and a few small nicks along text block edge. Grey rubbing to page 247, with a water stain to rear hinge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Book has a notable forward lean. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Pale rubbing to spine, with liquid drops on front board.
Synopsis
Originally published: London : George Allen & Unwin, 1929.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1691656315TMB
- Title
- Marriage And Morals
- Author
- Bertrand Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1929
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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...
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