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The Citizen of the World, or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the East
by Goldsmith, Oliver
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for R. Whiston, J. Woodfall, T. Baldwin, R. Johnson and G. Caddel, 1785. HB. Volume the Second only. Full brown leather with gilt title lettering on red background on spine, 16 mo. (16.5 cm), 244 pp + contents at rear. Considerable cover and edge wear, top rear corner worn through to boards, 1/4" loss top of spine, front joint cracking. Owners name neatly on ffep. Foxing throughout, pp 45-46 chipped at lower edge, not affecting text. Binding tight. Book condition Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- KJ7672
- Title
- The Citizen of the World, or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the East
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for R. Whiston, J. Woodfall, T. Baldwin, R. Johnson and G. Caddel
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1785
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Parker's Rare Books
All books returnable within two weeks of receipt for any reason with full refund. Return postage will be reimbursed if book not as described or damaged in transit. Payment by check or money order in U.S. dollars, or payment via credit card through the Biblio check-out.
About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Ontario, Wisconsin
About Parker's Rare Books
Specializing in antiquarian, collectible, scholarly, and rare books of all genres.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....