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Causation, Freedom and Determinism: An Attempt to Solve the Causal Problem Through a Study of Its Origins in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
by Taube, Mortimer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. 262pp. Original printed wrappers over blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Top edge blue. Major philosophical work in which its chief significance lies in its proof that everything occuring in the world is ultimately the result of the activity of free agents. Some age wear on wrappers with spine slightly sunned, and tiny chipping at head and tail of spine. Minor offsetting on endpapers. Wrappers in overall good, binding and interior in very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28617
- Title
- Causation, Freedom and Determinism: An Attempt to Solve the Causal Problem Through a Study of Its Origins in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
- Author
- Taube, Mortimer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Causation, Freedom and Determinism, Philosophical theories, Philosophical treatises, First edition, reference
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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