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The Sociological Imagination
by C. Wright Mills
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0195000226
- ISBN 13
- 9780195000221
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, December 1959. First Edition. Hardcover . Very Good/Good. Octavo in dustjacket worn at edges chipping top & bottom of spine and half inch tears top of folds front and back. Flap is not clipped. Tanning to jacket verso at spine & folds. With streak of black ink transfer top of rear panel verso next to fold. Black textured paper (faux cloth) with white and pale blue lettering along spine and blue tooled illustration front panel. Two splashes of discoloration with the black upper right corner of front board. Top textblock edge dust stained. End pages foxed/tanned especially in gutter front and rear. Previous owner's name inked top right corner of FFEP with date & locations. This is Charles R. Allen, well known early Nazi hunter dedicated to fighting fascism and bringing former Nazis to justice, making this an interesting association copy. Clean, sound copy with tight binding with mildly worn board edges top & bottom. Uncommon first edition, The Sociological Imagination was Mills' 4th book, if one includes collaboration with Hans Gerth, From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology (1946). [234 pp.]
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- Bookseller
- A Cappella Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 264629
- Title
- The Sociological Imagination
- Author
- C. Wright Mills
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0195000226
- ISBN 13
- 9780195000221
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Date Published
- December 1959
- Pages
- 242
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A Cappella Books is a full service used, new & out-of-print bookstore located in the heart of Atlanta's bohemian district, Little 5 Points, since 1989. We stock a general selection of some 20 to 30, 000 paperbacks & hardcovers, ranging from the common to the quite scarce. Our specialties reflect the personality of our neighborhood and, to varying degrees, our staff. But don't be fooled, we really have something for almost everybody who loves books. Come see us.
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- Chipping
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- Octavo
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Association Copy
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- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Spine
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