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The Science of Ethics.
by LESLIE STEPHEN
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1882. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition in a handsome fine binding by Low of Chancery Lane for The Law Society, with their presentation plate to the front pastedown. Maroon leather with five raised bands, gilt lettering, ornate rule and tooling, and The Law Society coat-of-arms gilt-stamped to the upper board. With marbled endpapers and all edges gilt. A touch of spotting to the preliminary and concluding leaves, else a fine copy of a very handsome fine binding..
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- Bookseller
- Clearwater Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ARC93195
- Title
- The Science of Ethics.
- Author
- LESLIE STEPHEN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co., London
- Date Published
- 1882
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About the Seller
Clearwater Books
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About Clearwater Books
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First Edition
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- 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...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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