Ver a tamaño completo.
Past and Present (Everyman's Library #608)
de CARLYLE, Thomas
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Librería
-
Littleton, Colorado, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1919. Hardcover. A 1919 reprint of the 1912 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition presenting the 1843 collection of essays by Scotland's Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881). In this work, the author reshapes a medieval chronicle to comment on ". . .modern evils, social, political and cultural life [in Britain during his time]" (per Ross, p.84). With author's summary of the contents, as well as an index, at rear of volume. Includes an "appreciation" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Number 608 in Everyman's Library catalog in their Essays and Belles-Lettres series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In flatback binding style 1, full orange cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed once-gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, brown topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- The spine gilding has dulled to the point of being closer to brown than gold in color, and with moderate soiling to cloth, slight dampstains to a few leaves and prior owner's initials in colored pencil to ffep, but overall a sound, tightly-bound copy.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xvi, 304 pages .
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 85850
- Título
- Past and Present (Everyman's Library #608)
- Autor
- CARLYLE, Thomas
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Editorial
- Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Lugar de publicación
- London / New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1919
- Catálogos del vendedor
- >>England, UK and UK History;
Términos de venta
Bluebird Books
All sales sold on a satisfaction guaranteed basis--all we ask is that you notify us within 30 days of purchase that you would like to return an item.
Sobre el vendedor
Bluebird Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Littleton, Colorado
Sobre Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
