Santayana: The Later Years. A Portrait with Letters
by Cory, Daniel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: George Braziller, 1963 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 330 pp, Prologue; 16 Chapters (1927-1952); Epilogue. First Printing, 1963. "A lively and affectionate memoir of the world famous philosopher, written by his close friend and literary executor, and covering the last quarter century of his life. These were the years when Santayana had settled in Italy and was writing the masterpieces that were to make him, at seventy, a best-selling author the world over." from the jacket flap.. Price clipped. Clipped corner ffep. Two very small chips to top edge spine dj with a few very small closed tear, and age-toning to spine of same, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt title plate and black lettering to spine..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004918
- Title
- Santayana: The Later Years. A Portrait with Letters
- Author
- Cory, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Braziller
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM PHILOSOPHERS SANTAYANA GEORGE (JORGE AUGUSTIN NICOLAS RUIZ de SANTAYANA Y BORRAS 1863-1952) MEMOIR
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM;
- Size
- Large 4to
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Jacket
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Price Clipped
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...