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Social Statics; or, The Conditions Essential To Human Happiness
by Spencer, Herbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
NY: D. Appleton and Company. VG. 1863. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Second U.S. edition. 5 1/4" x 8:m 523 pages with publisher's ads at th e rear hardcover bound in brown, blind stamped cloth with gold spine l ettering. Frontis plate portrait of Spencer. A Very Good copy. Rubs to the book's corners and spine tips. Small bumps to the lower corners. The spine lettering is dull and the spine is lightly faded. The fronti s plate and title page are foxed. Former owner's name is inked on the second fly leaf. Content is clean, tight & unmarked. According to Wiki pedia, Murray Rothbard called Social Statics "the greatest single work of libertarian political philosophy ever written." A clean, tight ear ly edition. .
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- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82805
- Title
- Social Statics; or, The Conditions Essential To Human Happiness
- Author
- Spencer, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1863
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Dearly Departed Books
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Alliance, Ohio
About Dearly Departed Books
Selling books since 1978. We specialize in SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western & Pulp Fiction. With an inventory of more than 35,000 Hardcover 1st editions, Vintage Paperbacks , Pulp Magazines & general antiquarian books. Store front open by chance or appointment.
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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