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MECHANISM IN THOUGHT AND MORALS. An Address Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University June 29. 1870. With Notes and Afterthoughts.
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell:
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston:James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Boston:James R. Osgood and Company. 1871. 1st edition. 101pp. Hardcover. Brown covers with bevelled edges, lettered in gold and blind stamped on rear board, lightly soiled with light shelfwear to spine ends and edge points. Internally, a previous owners name and date inked to 2nd free end-page, otherwise pages slightly age toned but clean. The binding is tight and hinges intact. A very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24524
- Title
- MECHANISM IN THOUGHT AND MORALS. An Address Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University June 29. 1870. With Notes and Afterthoughts.
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell:
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston:James R. Osgood and Company
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, AMERICANA.
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- Tight
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- First Edition
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