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Principles of Political Economy with Some of their Applications to Social Philosophy [Volume Two only]
by Mill, John Stuart [Fine binding by Townsend & Son]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Parker, Son, and Bourn. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1862. Hardcover. Some small pieces of leather rubbed and shaved from ends of spine and from rear board alongside rear joint. Moderate foxing to endpapers and preliminary leaves. No previous owner's signatures or stamps. A nice binding.; Volume Two only of two volumes. Fifth edition. xv, [1], 591, [1] pages. Fine binding. Signed binding, with "Bound by Townsend & Son / Sheffield" stamped to the inner dentelle of the front board. Full green morocco binding with ornate gilt border decoration to boards. Gilt decoration to edges of boards and gilt dentelles to inner margins of boards. All page edges gilt and gauffered. (Gauffering refers to the pattern impressed into the gilt edges using heated tools. The gauffering in this book is a pattern of small circular dots and diamond shapes.) Marbled endpapers. Page dimensions: 210 x 135mm. ; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13820
- Title
- Principles of Political Economy with Some of their Applications to Social Philosophy [Volume Two only]
- Author
- Mill, John Stuart [Fine binding by Townsend & Son]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Parker, Son, and Bourn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1862
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Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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 Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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....
- Leaves
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