Plan for the Study of Man. With Reference to Bills to Establish a Laboratory for the Study of the Criminal, Pauper and Defective Classes, With a Bibliography of Child Study, A.
by MacDonald, Arthur
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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By Dunblane, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902. 1st Edition . Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Red buckram cloth spine with red cloth covers, the hinges are in good order. The text is complete, light stain to the bottom half of the fore-edge margin, some toning and a few marks to the title. 166 pages. Belfast library in neat gilt at the base of the spine and early 20th century pictorial bookplate on the floral endpaper, faint number at the top of the spine, neat blindstamp (without ink) at the top corner of the title, and faint number on the title reverse. The larger part of the book being on the subject of criminology, includes several pages on the mafia, a case of 'pure murder'.
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- Bookseller
- Bensons Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016336
- Title
- Plan for the Study of Man. With Reference to Bills to Establish a Laboratory for the Study of the Criminal, Pauper and Defective Classes, With a Bibliography of Child Study, A.
- Author
- MacDonald, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Criminology, mafia,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science and Technology; Medicine;
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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...
- Spine
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- Blindstamp
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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