The Mechanical Bride.: Folklore of Industrial Man.
by McLUHAN, Herbert Marshall
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited,, 1967. First UK edition, first impression. McLuhan's work, "a brilliant study of advertising illustrations and copy" (jacket blurb), was originally published in the US in 1951. Quarto. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Extensively illustrated throughout. Cloth lightly rubbed, contents clean; jacket creased, a couple of short closed tears and discreet tape repairs to verso, unclipped: a very good copy in very good jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 166038
- Title
- The Mechanical Bride.
- Author
- McLUHAN, Herbert Marshall
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited,
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.