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The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture
by Shi, David E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0195034759
- ISBN 13
- 9780195034752
- Seller
-
Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author traces the concept of a ' simple life ' from Thomas Jefferson to Lewis Mumford, from Henry David Thoreau to the hippies of the 1960's. 281 pp. plus: Notes, Index. 332 pp. in toto. Beige cloth spine with black text binds tan cloth covered boards. Tail of spine is lightly rubbed, fon front pastedown, light dust soiling top edge, ow as new. Front flap is price clipped at bottom corner and unlaminated DJ has minor chipping, scotch tape repairs at inside spine ends. Bookseller's Inventory # 155069.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005069
- Title
- The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture
- Author
- Shi, David E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0195034759
- ISBN 13
- 9780195034752
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS, AMERICAN. SIMPLICITY. UNITED STATES - CIVILIZATION. UNITED STATES - SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS.
Terms of Sale
Lower Beverley Better Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- First Edition
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- FON
- Former Owner's Name. Indicates that the previous owner of the book has written their name in the book.
- Cloth
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- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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