New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1921. First American . Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. (viii), 289pp. Exterior is quite worn, and binding is a little shaken. Bookplate to front paste-down and previous owner's info. in ink to front free endpaper. Some tanning to pages. Aside from owner's info., no writing to volume. Text block remains square. This is an acceptable reading copy. The wear includes chipping to head and tail of spine, with darkening to spine and fading to lettering, as well as several worn areas to cloth at extremities

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Bookseller: Henry Stachyra, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 027447
Title: The Uses of Diversity: A Book of Essays
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Poor
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First American
Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1921
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Gilbert Keith Chesterton Catholic English authors
Bookseller catalogs: Belloc/Chesterton/Knox;

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Welcome to Henry Stachyra, Bookseller. We are a family owned business, specializing in scholarly used, out-of-print and rare books. We bring 18 years of experience to buying and selling second-hand books. Our primary specialties are theology and philosophy, medieval studies and patristics. However, we also sell books in many other categories, especially scholarly.

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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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...
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....
Reading Copy: Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
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...