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Government Upon First Principles, Probed and Illustrated Analogically
by Grossmith, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Piper, Stephenson and Spence; Judd and Glass, 1860. xii, 483pp, [1], original cloth, title and author in gilt to spine, primrose endpapers. Spine very slightly faded, corners bumped, lightly rubbed. Internally quite bright and clean. Errata slip tipped in to rear. Wide ranging and eccentric from a theocratic viewpoint, including chapters on Malthus, the Stoics, taxation, the evils of the national debt and oligarchy. First Edition. Hardback. Good+. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Zetetic Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000634
- Title
- Government Upon First Principles, Probed and Illustrated Analogically
- Author
- Grossmith, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Piper, Stephenson and Spence; Judd and Glass
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1860
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Grossmith, Theocracy, Politics, Government, Ebay
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nineteenth Century; Politics; Theology and Freethought;
Terms of Sale
Zetetic Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Zetetic Books
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
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- Tipped In
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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