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Power, Wealth, Illusions. Vest-Pocket Series
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. Title page dated 1875. Worn but sound example of this title in the small Vest Pocket Series, about 5 inches tall. Rust colored cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in black, printed endpapers, 107 pages. Considerable edgewear with fraying to corners and spine ends, hinges internally cracked but secure, text block sound, pages age-toned but clean with a small smudge to the outer edge of the title page, name and 1875 date in pencil on the back of the front free endpaper, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042293
- Title
- Power, Wealth, Illusions. Vest-Pocket Series
- Author
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1875
- Size
- 32mo - over 4" - 5" ta
- Keywords
- PHILOSOPHY AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy, Theology, Religion, Spirituality;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
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- 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,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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....
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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