On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
by Thomas Carlyle
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NA: NA Title page is missing, unknown publisher or date. Previous owner's name and date of 1882 is on flyleaf. In brown speckled leather covers with stamped borders and corner designs in black on front cover and gilt lettering on six-banded spine. Brown endpapers. All gilt edges. Another previous owner's name facing half-title page. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Scuffing to edges and spine. Solid book. Photos upon request. . Full-Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker House Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004323
- Title
- On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
- Author
- Thomas Carlyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- NA
- Place of Publication
- NA
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Philosophy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
Items must be returned within ten days of sale for a full refund if not satisfied.
About the Seller
Quaker House Books
Biblio member since 2006
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
About Quaker House Books
My book holdings are eclectic in nature.
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- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...