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The Practical Cogitator (A New Edition with Added Material)
by Curtis, Charles P. Jr. and Ferris Greenslet
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin, 1950. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Revised Edition.. Clean hardcover book in original dust jacket. Light beige cloth boards with green title box, black lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner inscription neatly penned on front free endpaper. 597 pages with Index. Clean jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has fading to background of spine; shallow chipping at spine ends; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. "The Thinker's Anthology" includes selections that cover a wide range of world literature from Confucius to James Cozzens, from the Old Testament to Gertrude Stein and James Joyce..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034728
- Title
- The Practical Cogitator (A New Edition with Added Material)
- Author
- Curtis, Charles P. Jr. and Ferris Greenslet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Revised Edition.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- ANTHOLOGY, ESSAYS, PROSE, POETRY, SHORT STORIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories/Anthologies; Essays;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Tight
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- Spine
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
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- New
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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