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Gandhi's Autobiography: The Story of My Experiment with Truth
by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | Mahadev Desai (Translated by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press, 1948. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing in the U.S. 5.5 x 8.75in. xi. 640pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD in Fair dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows slight shelf rubbing of the extremities at the bottom edge, a very short closed tear of the cloth at the topmost of the spine, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. The dust jacket shows several chips from along the edges, slight rubbing, a long closed tear at the hinge of the back flap, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining colorful and distinct. As pictured.
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- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30986
- Title
- Gandhi's Autobiography: The Story of My Experiment with Truth
- Author
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | Mahadev Desai (Translated by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Public Affairs Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1948
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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