A Dictionary of Platitudes
by Flaubert, Gustave
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
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. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eliabooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30831
- Title
- A Dictionary of Platitudes
- Author
- Flaubert, Gustave
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rodale Press
- Date Published
- 1954
Terms of Sale
Eliabooks
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About the Seller
Eliabooks
Biblio member since 2006
Los Angeles, California
About Eliabooks
Eliabooks specializes in art and photography books, including exhibition catalogs.
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- Edges
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- Tight
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- Crisp
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- New
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Gilt
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- Remainder Mark
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- Fine
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- Shelf Wear
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