Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill
by Knight, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Gould & Lincoln. Used - Acceptable. 1857. Cloth. 8vo. 503 pp. Illustrated. Some shelf wear and scuffing to boards. Significant wear to head of spine. Spine is dulled and shows mild moisture damage. Bookseller's blind stamp to ffep. Binding is sound. Significant dampstain to rfep and rear pastedown continuing to adjacent pages. Pencilled inscriptions to page following ffep, table of contents. Extensive pencilled notes to rfep and rear pastedown. Unobtrusive pencilled margin notes to text. Slight toning and foxing to pages. Altogether a sound working copy. (Subject: Economics & Business History.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Q10173
- Title
- Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill
- Author
- Knight, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gould & Lincoln
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Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Acceptable
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- RFEP
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- Shelf Wear
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