Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. Hardcover Limited Edition. 8vo. 283 (1) pp, b&w frontis, A Discourse on a Subject Proposed by the Academy of Dijon: What Is the Origin of Inequality among Men, and Is It Authorised by Natural Law?. The 100 Greatest of All Time: Limited Edition, 1982. No Book Plate, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Dark Green leather with gilt embossed decorative boards, raised bands on spine, gilt lettering to spine, gilt text block edges, gray silk moire endpapers, and a gray satin ribbon..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004359
Title: Political Writings
Author: Rousseau, Jean Jacques (translated by G. D. H. Cole)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued
Edition: Hardcover Limited Edition
Publisher: The Franklin Library
Place of Publication: Franklin Center, PA
Date Published: 1982
Size: 8vo
Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE FRENCH PHILOSOPHERS ROUSSEAU JEAN JACQUES (1712-1778) THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
Bookseller catalogs: POLITICAL SCIENCE;

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Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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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...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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....
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.