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The Evolution of Morality. Being a History of the Development of Moral Culture.
by Wake, C. Staniland
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Trubner & Co.. Poor with no dust jacket. 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Lacking the last page of the index and the errata leaf from the rear of volume two. Inner hinges broken. Old dampstains to endpapers.; Two volume set. Volume One: xvi, 505 pages. Volume Two: xi, [1], 472 (of 475) pages. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine and black border decoration on front boards. Page dimensions: 189 x 127mm. Examination of moral concepts in relation to different "races" and religions. Selected contents: The Sense of Right; Genesis of the Moral Idea; The Altruistic Sentiment; The Doctrine of Emanations; Hinduism; Buddhism; Mithraism; Christianity; Positivism. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13693
- Title
- The Evolution of Morality. Being a History of the Development of Moral Culture.
- Author
- Wake, C. Staniland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Trubner & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Poor
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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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