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Der turm von Babel; urgemeinschaft der sprachen
by Wadler, Arnold
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Basel: R. Geering, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+. 452pp [i-iv advertisements] [v-vi blank] diagrams. 21 cm. 8to. Publisher's burgundy cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, rich burgundy topstain. Book Condition: Spine ends show wear, gilt lettering worn in a number of places, predominantly along the spine, ffep shows two faint tape marks. Textblock pristine and free of the usual yellowing. Binding very sound. Errata slip present as called for. A seminal work of Etymology. In German.
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Details
- Bookseller
- DuBois Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002733
- Title
- Der turm von Babel; urgemeinschaft der sprachen
- Author
- Wadler, Arnold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- R. Geering
- Place of Publication
- Basel
- Date Published
- 1935
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
DuBois Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
New York, New York
About DuBois Rare Books
Dealing in fine, rare and odd books since 2009; collecting since forever.
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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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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