Secker & Warburg, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1955. First Edition. 366 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Pen inscription of Sir Owen A. Aisher to front pastedown. Light tanning to otherwise clear pages. Slightly more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Some slight looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has subtle tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1708012487DPB
Title: The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy
Author: J. L. Talmon
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good/Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Date Published: 1955

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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...
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...