New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Veblen's witty views remain relevant today; insightful and a surprisingly fun read! First published in 1904. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of a Later Printing. Maroon cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine. Clean, bright text; vi, 400 pages. Some neat underlining in the first chapter. Small signature on the front paste-down. Spine lightly faded. Front gutter has cracked but is holding. Quercus reccommends some reinforcement as preventive maintenance. No dustjacket.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005248
Title: The Theory of Business Enterprise
Author: Veblen, Thorstein
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good (Plus)
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Later Printing
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1932
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Bookseller catalogs: Economics;

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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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Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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...
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,...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....