Etymonia
by Author Not Stated
- Used
- fair
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia
Item Price
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About This Item
London: Samuel Tinsley. Fair. 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. 258 pages plus 16 pages of advertisements. "What we have herein written has been conceived in a spirit of philosophic dispassionateness. Let, then, those who would criticize passionately remember this, and forbear. We address ourself to the masters of reason and to the intellectual man; and not to those who are the mere slaves of prejuduce. Let these stand aside, since with them we have no business." - from Author's Notice. One-inch openings at each end of spine. Above-average wear to decorated brown boards. Gilt lettering upon front board and spine. Relatively benign erasures to endpapers. Front hinge cracked.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Late Victorian Utopian Genre Writing .
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Details
- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 562a5829
- Title
- Etymonia
- Author
- Author Not Stated
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Samuel Tinsley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- Late, Victorian, Utopian, Genre, Writing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Antiquarian;
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- Fair
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- First Edition
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- spine
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- hinge
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- gilt
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- erasures
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- cracked
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