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The Age of Voltaire, A History of Civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, With Special Emphasis on the Conflict Between Religion and Philosophy (The Story of Civilization)
by Durant, Will; Durant, Ariel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, small quarto bound in brown cloth, in publisher's dust-jacket. 898 pages. Bibliographical Guide, Notes, Index. Illustrated with 90 half-tones and map end-papers. Book Club edition, third printing. No previous ownership marks. Volume IX in the Durant's "The Story of Civilization". Book is clean, square, tight and unmarked. Mild old vertical crease to several leaves at front of book Dust-jacket edge-worn with several chips at head of spine. Else Very good+ in a moderately worn, good dust-jacket. Media mail only. .
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- Seller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 019655
- Title
- The Age of Voltaire, A History of Civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, With Special Emphasis on the Conflict Between Religion and Philosophy (The Story of Civilization)
- Author
- Durant, Will; Durant, Ariel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- History, Modern European History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and 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...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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