The Instinct of Workmanship. And the State of the Industrial Arts
by Veblen, Thorstein
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1918. This is a Very Good copy of the Second Edition. Green cloth binding, ruled and stamped on the front cover; gilt titling on the spine. Bright text; ix, 355 pages. This is an ASSOCIATION COPY, with the signature (1920) of Arthur G. Coons (1900-1968) longtime president of Occidental College and one of the architects of the California Master Plan for Education. There is a gift label to Library (with release) on front paste-down, and library numbers in pencil on rear paste-down; these are the only ex-library treatments. However, Coons has heavily notated this book throughout, an insight into his scholarly mind at an early age. Bumped corners; rubbed at the margins. No dustjacket. An interesting historical document.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Seller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 005020
- Title
- The Instinct of Workmanship. And the State of the Industrial Arts
- Author
- Veblen, Thorstein
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- B.W. Huebsch
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1918
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Economics;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- G
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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