The Living Thoughts of Montaigne
by Gide, Andre
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1939. 162 pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Clean, square and tight throughout with only small bump on rear corner and slight dust soiling on extremities. Jacket is chipped on extremities and rubbed on folds.; pinhole in spine. Gide, the start of World War II, looks at Montaigne's essays and distills lessons of liberalism: "I think it is the wisest lesson that can be drawn from him at the present time, when political or religious convictions are so miserably dividing all men and opposing them to each other.". First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026704
- Title
- The Living Thoughts of Montaigne
- Author
- Gide, Andre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Philosophy Renaissance France Political Science Essays Montaigne
- Size
- 12mo
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...