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A Plea for Liberty
by Mackay, Thomas (editor)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: John Murray, 1891. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 416pp. Quarter bound in brown cloth over burgundy cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine. Bumped corners and spine ends. Dusty top text block edge; edges tanned; untrimmed. Endpapers starting to tan; bookplate on front pastedown, red biro 'room 29' on front free endpaper. Hinges cracked. Small corner cut front half-title page. Page margins tanning, text block unaffected. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Protected with plastic cover, not adhered. 8vo. Introduction by Herbert Spencer and essays by various writers. Essays include: The Impracticability of Socialism; The Limits of Liberty; Liberty for Labour; State Socialism in the Antipodes; Working-Class Discontent; Investment; Free Education; The Housing of the Working Classes and the Poor; The Evils of State Trading as Illustrated by the Post Office; Free Libraries; The state and Electrical Distribution; The True Line of Deliverance. A large and heavy volume which may incur an additional charge for overseas delivery.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013576
- Title
- A Plea for Liberty
- Author
- Mackay, Thomas (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.43 lbs
- Keywords
- Liberty, Human Rights, Political Philosophy
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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