A Dictionary of Platitudes: Conversational Cliches, Blind Beliefs, Fashionable Misconceptions and Fixed Ideas by Gustave Flaubert - 1961

Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press. NF. 1954. 1st Printing. Hardcover. First printing of this edition bound in black and purple decorated clo th. A Near Fine copy. Mild fading to the book's spine. The book is hou sed in a gold slipcase that is in Good condition. Rubbing and wear to the slipcase's edges and corners. .

New York: Rodale Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1954. Hardbound. To vg/ no DJ .

Rodale Press, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. 182 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth. Slipcase is missing. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

London, England: Rodale Books Inc., 1954 182pp. Spine head is bumped. Foredge of boards each have small light stains. Boards have a slight bend. Foredge of text block has light foxing. Edges of slipcase are heavily rubbed with some splitting to the top and lower panels. Slipcase has heavy scuffs and scratches, and some surface tears. Former owner name on front endpaper. Text is unmarked. . Hardcover. Good Plus/Poor Slipcase.

London: Rodale, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine. A Compendium of Conversational Cliches, Blind Beliefs, Fashionable Misconceptions, and Fixed Ideas. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Rodale Press. Fine. 1954. Hard Cover. Bound in black and purple decorated cloth with gilt titles to black spine, housed in slipcase. The book is in excellent condition, tight, clean and crisp, Like New. The slipcase is in Good condition, but shows shelf wear with rubbing to edges. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. ; Full title: A Dictionary of Platitudes: Being a Compendium of Controvercial Cliches, Blind Beliefs, Fashionable Misconceptions and Mixed Ideas. First Edition Thus. .

USED VERY GOOD

London: The Rodale Press, 1954. First edition thus (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 13cm), xi, 184pp. Original black cloth spine, purple cloth boards, no dustwrapper. Light sunning of the spine, light spotting to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block, bookplate to the front free endpaper; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.