New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1927. Duodecimo. Original publisher's blue cloth with red decoration stamped to the front board and red lettering stamped to the spine. Some very minor rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owners' bookplates to the front pastedown. Small square of toning to one of the publisher's ads. in the latter portion of the book caused by a newspaper clipping laid-in loosely. Inscription to the half-title page by Stefansson to the original owner, Montgomery Evans. Some chipping and edgewear to the dust jacket, but overall a very good to near fine presentation copy with the scarce jacket. A wonderfully inscribed copy of this book, which once belonged to Montgomery Evans II. Evans was an aspiring writer and aristocrat who formed many friendships with literary figures of the 1920s. He was friends with Hunter Stagg, an editor of the Southern literary magazine, The Reviewer. It was through Stagg that Evans was able to network and associate with literary figures, such as Augustus John, Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Walter de la Mare, and Aleister Crowley. Evans and Stagg went on a European tour in 1924 during which he spent time with Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Sylvia Beach. He was an avid collector of books and letters with prominent literary figures. 1927

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Bookseller: Aquila Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 142575
Title: The Standardization of Error
Author: Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1927
Keywords: Philosophy
Bookseller catalogs: Society and Culture;

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Inscribed: When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
Laid-in: "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...