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Representative Man: Ralph Waldo Emerson in His Time
by Porte, Joel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0195024362
- ISBN 13
- 9780195024364
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New y: Oxford University Press, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 8vo. xxvi (iv), 361 (7) pp. Not Price Clipped. 1/2" triangle chip to top edge rear panel dj with only the slightest additional edge wear to same. Lightly foxed top and fore text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 5.75" x 8.5". Tan cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9505
- Title
- Representative Man: Ralph Waldo Emerson in His Time
- Author
- Porte, Joel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0195024362
- ISBN 13
- 9780195024364
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New y
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM BIOGRAPHY AMERICAN 19TH-CENTURY WRITERS LIFE AND WORKS HISTORY AND CRITICISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM; U. S. HISTORY;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Text Block
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- Fine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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