Affirmations
by Ellis, Havelock
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good- (Boards are generally worn over all, with scuffing/smudging/bowing of corners; inner hinges are cracked; spine strip is pu
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Walter Scott, Limited, 1898. Hardcover. Good- (Boards are generally worn over all, with scuffing/smudging/bowing of corners; inner hinges are cracked; spine strip is pulling away from the textblock; textblock edges are heavily darkened/scuffed/smudged; occasional notes in the margin; pages are toned around the edges.). Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine; 2 preliminary leaves, [iii] - vii pages, 1 leaf, 248 pp. "In this book I deal with questions of life as they are expressed in literature, or as they are suggested by literature. Throughout I am discussing morality as revealed or disguised by literature."-- Pref., p. iv. Note on ffep by previous owner reads, "First Edition -- Probably Ellis' best book, containing the first essay in English on Nietzsche.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 197312
- Title
- Affirmations
- Author
- Ellis, Havelock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good- (Boards are generally worn over all, with scuffing/smudging/bowing of corners; inner hinges are cracked; spine strip is pu
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Walter Scott, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Literature Young and Old ; Ethics ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Gilt
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