Unforeseen Tendencies of Democracy
by Godkin, Edwin L
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1898. Edwin (Lawrence) Godkin (1831-1902) was an Irish-American journalist who founded "The Nation." He was anti-Tammany Hall, anti-Imperialist, and anti-socialist in his attitudes, and was very influential with America's intellectual class. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition, which has a tipped-in Memorial Page for Godkin from 1902. Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 265 pages; top-edge is gilt. In addition to the memorial, this is an ASSOCIATION COPY. Tipped onto the FFEP is a calling card "With Mrs Godkin's Love" written, apparently meant for Elizabeth Davies Kingsley, whose bookplate is on the front paste-down. The bookplate in itself is quite interesting, being a design by the American painter Lilian C. Westgate (1880-1963). Quercus speculates that since Miss Westgate was a very young woman at this date, its design may have been a commission that started her career. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002847
- Title
- Unforeseen Tendencies of Democracy
- Author
- Godkin, Edwin L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston & New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Bookseller catalogs
- Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Reformers;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
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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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- 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...
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