Science of Ethics, The: An Elementary System of Theoretical and Practical Morality
by Day, Henry N
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Forest Grove, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1879. Fair. Cloth. First Edition,Later Printing. 12mo (up to 7½" tall). Green cloth, beveled edges, gilt titles. Spine ends chipped and gnawed off, corners also somewhat gnawed. Previous owner's names to brown endpapers in pen and pencil. Text is moderately toned with some pencil markings, mostly tight with a few remembered places..
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- Bookseller
- Bridgetown Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- QA23907
- Title
- Science of Ethics, The: An Elementary System of Theoretical and Practical Morality
- Author
- Day, Henry N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition,Later Printing
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1879
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
- Size
- 12mo (up to 7½" tall)
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- 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....
- 12mo
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Beveled
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- G
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
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