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The Sense of Beauty: Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory (Modern Library #292.1)
by SANTAYANA, George
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1956]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of the Spanish-born American philosopher's famous treatise on aesthetics. With a preface and introduction by Mr. Santayana, and a foreword by Philip Blair Rice. In blue, green and black George Salter-designed jacket. --- In Toledano spine 8 / dark blue cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / faded black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i / verso lists 376 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1956 (1955 date appears in book). ML #292.1. --- With infrequent underlinings, otherwise a tightly-bound, unmarked, bright copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges; else bright, intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xii, 268, (8, ads) pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86490
- Title
- The Sense of Beauty: Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory (Modern Library #292.1)
- Author
- SANTAYANA, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1956]
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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