EXCURSIONS OF AN EVOLUTIONIST
by Fiske, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Ma: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Octavo. 379pp. plus ads. Later printing. This copy from the library of ARTIE SHAW, with his ownership signature of ffep. Dark burgundy cloth. Light wear and light rubbing to edges. Artie Shaw was an American clarinetist and popular bandleader of the 1930s and '40s. " Apart from his interest in music, Shaw had a tremendous intellect and almost insatiable thirst for intellectual knowledge and literature."- wikipedia.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50629
- Title
- EXCURSIONS OF AN EVOLUTIONIST
- Author
- Fiske, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Ma
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Association copy, Artie Shaw
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Lost Horizon Bookstore
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Santa Barbara, California
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We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.