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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
de A. Square [Pseudonym of Edwin A. Abbott]
- Usado
- very good
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Seeley & Co, 1884. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in contemporary three quarters leather over marbled boards with original plain stiff front and rear wrappers bound in. Very Good with hairline crack to bottom end of front joint, wear to extremities, and rubbing. Bookplate removed at front pastedown. Contents worn and soiled with light chipping to wrappers. Several hinges slightly over opened, binding tender. A novella satirizing hierarchy in Victorian culture, while serving as a lesson in geometry.
Sinopsis
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. Writing pseudonymously as "a square", Abbott used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 140945895
- Título
- Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
- Autor
- A. Square [Pseudonym of Edwin A. Abbott]
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Seeley & Co
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1884
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2010
Portland, Oregon
Sobre Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
