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Culture of the Copy, The: Striking Likenesses, Unreasonable Facsimiles
by Schwartz, Hillel
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0942299353
- ISBN 13
- 9780942299359
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Zone Books, 1996. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 565 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent, in protective brodart. Boards bound in black cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Some light pencil underlining throughout. Boards have a touch of rubbing, but in very good shape. A little light foxing to edges (shelfwear). A stunning, innovative blend of microsociology, cultural history, and philosophical reflection that will fascinate anyone concerned with problems of authenticity, identity, and originality. Record # 31202
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- Bookseller
- Browsing Is Arousing
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31202
- Title
- Culture of the Copy, The: Striking Likenesses, Unreasonable Facsimiles
- Author
- Schwartz, Hillel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0942299353
- ISBN 13
- 9780942299359
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Social Sciences, History, , .
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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