New York: George H. Doran Company, 1911. Reprint. Very good+ in 1/4 inch brown cloth and light brown paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the same on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 inches with a minor bump to the fore upper corner of the front board and with a prior owner's name on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. Laid-in is an ad printed on both sides for other books produced by the publisher. 119 pages of text. An early self-help manual.

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB25543
Title: Mental Efficiency And Other Hints To Men And Women
Author: Bennett, Arnold
Book Condition: Used
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George H. Doran Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1911

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Laid-in: "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
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...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.