A Defence of Cosmetics.
by Max Beerbohm
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Dodd, Mead & Company, 1922. Hardcover Reprint Edition (1922). Very Good to Very Good+: Shows only a faint sunning to the lower front panel (the titles are not affected), rear panel and the untitled "backstrip"; the binding is secure; the text is clean, but a former owner's gift inscription and a date will be found at the front free endpaper. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia in the text. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and a few cosmetic flaws. No longer Bright and Clean, but remains sturdy and attractive. Corners sharp. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7.3 x 4.75 x 0.35 inches). 29 Pages. Powder blue silk over boards with gilt titles in an embossed rectangular box at the upper corner of the front panel. Language: English. Weight: 4 ounces. Reprint Edition (1922). Dodd, Mead copyright is 1896. Hardback: Lacks DJ (if indeed this edition ever had one).
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 52753
- Title
- A Defence of Cosmetics.
- Author
- Max Beerbohm
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition (1922).
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1922.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays; Prose & Criticism; Prose; English Literature; Belles Lettres; Classic English Literature;
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Marginalia
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...