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Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism
by Matthew Arnold
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Smith, Elder and Co, London, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7.75 - 9.75" tall. lx + 272pp. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Hinges beginning to crack. Binding otherwise firm. Spine worn with loss to top and base. Foxing to front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. Marbled edges in good condition. Covers worn. Rebound in three quarter leather, with marbled boards and end papers. Appears to have been rebound shortly after initial publication. Rear of front end paper states, "Bound by Thomson, Edin." who may be the Abraham Thomson referenced in The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 3, p. 70, as active from the 1820s. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Sociology & Culture; Britain/UK; 19th century; Politics & Government. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 16045. .
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-241)
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- Bookseller
- Dreadnought Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16045
- Title
- Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism
- Author
- Matthew Arnold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- BZDB243 sociology, politics, culture, history, Britain, C19th Sociology & Culture; Britain/UK; 19th century; Politics & Government. Matthew Arnold Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics & Government; Sociology & Culture;
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Dreadnought Books
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About Dreadnought Books
Founded in 2010, Dreadnought Books is a second-hand and out of print book dealer specialising in history, with a particular focus on military, social and labour history.
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