WISDOM OF THE WEST
by Russell, Bertrand
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Houlton, Maine, United States
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About This Item
This OVERSIZED hardcover, is in VERY GOOD CONDITION, with a dust jacket in poor condition, protected in a mylar cover. No date or publisher mentioned, there is a small sticker on back fly page that says "Caves Book Co. Taipei Taiwan China. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL COPY. 320 pages bound in green cloth with silver gilt lettering on spine, with slight sun fade to top & bottom of spine. This wonderful Russell book is an HISTORICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY IN ITS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SETTING. VERY GOOD, TIGHT COPY. NO INSCRIPTIONS OR MARKINGS.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Monroe Bridge Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000242
- Title
- WISDOM OF THE WEST
- Author
- Russell, Bertrand
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Keywords
- Athens Hellenism Christianity Philosophy Romanticism Enlightenment Utilitarianism "Western Philosophy" NOAMZ
- Bookseller catalogs
- PHILOSOPHY;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
Monroe Bridge Books
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About the Seller
Monroe Bridge Books
Biblio member since 2005
Houlton, Maine
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- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...