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A Preface to Morals
by Lippmann, Walter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan company, 1929-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. FIRST EDITION - FIRST PRINTING featuring VG black cloth covered boards with black on gilt lettering on cover and along spine; light rubbing along spine edge and tips. Binding secure; contents clean and unmarked except for owner bookplate on front inside cover and water stains on one corner of most pages. No dust jacket. 348pp. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Imperial Books and Collectibles
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029956
- Title
- A Preface to Morals
- Author
- Lippmann, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Macmillan company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929-01-01
- Weight
- 1.44 lbs
Terms of Sale
Imperial Books and Collectibles
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Imperial Books and Collectibles
Biblio member since 2012
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
About Imperial Books and Collectibles
Imperial Books and Collectibles, LLC is a partnership of retired professionals and avid collectors who are liquidating their own collections of books while assisting others to market their books both online and in a retail outlet under the "ImperialBks" banner. In business since 2010, ImperialBks has sold over ten thousand of high quality paper items through various channels with a uniformly high degree of customer satisfaction. Our mission is to treat both clients and customers like royalty, giving great value and personal attention to each.
Glossary
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
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