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The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress
by Santayana, George
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New one volume edition was revised by the author in collaboration with Daniel Cory. The dark blue cloth cover boards with gilt printing on the spine are like new with very slight bumping at the top of the spine. The dust jacket is in fine condition, unclipped and in a mylar cover. The text block is clean and unmarked with very mild foxing on its soft pages.
An ex lib's copy with nameplate inside front cover board. 504 pp including the index
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Details
- Seller
- VFOL UsedBooks
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2011046
- Title
- The Life of Reason
- Author
- Santayana, George
- Format/Binding
- Like new.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Box12
- Bookseller catalogs
- philosophy;
Terms of Sale
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VFOL UsedBooks
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Vernon, British Columbia
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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