Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 296pp; Navy blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, top edge gilt, boards square, clean & bright, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage religious treatise. Contents: Prologue; Our Spiritual Ancestry; The Ideal of To-Day; A Traveler's Note-Book; Glimpses; Daily Bread.

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Bookseller: Book Happy Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 014625
Title: The Chief End of Man
Author: Merriam, George S
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Date Published: 1897
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: religion philosophy spirituality christianity
Bookseller catalogs: Religion;

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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...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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...
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...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.