The Mothers _ A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions In Three Volumes
by Briffault, Robert
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Paris, France
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About This Item
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1927. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Good. three volumes, purple cloth, gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 781 pp spine and covers on all three volumes are sunned covers are lightly worn on the edges corners bumped pages are dampstained owner's(Mabel Greville) bookplate on the front pastedown of all 3 volumes owner's (Gershon Legman) inscription on the front endpaper 781, 789, 841 pp.
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- Bookseller
- San Francisco Book Company (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80215
- Title
- The Mothers _ A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions In Three Volumes
- Author
- Briffault, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- History, Gender Studies, Science, sex, psychology, mythology, Gershon Legman
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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San Francisco Book Company
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San Francisco Book Company
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About San Francisco Book Company
A general used English language bookstore on the Left Bank in Paris
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...