TANTALUS OR THE FUTURE OF MAN
by Schiller, F. C. S
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1924).. (1924).. Good. - Small octavo [6-3/8 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide], blue cloth with paper labels on the front cover & spine. The binding is bumped with staining to the covers & with the rear cover heavily rubbed. The spine is darkened with the head chipped. The label on the spine is darkened & rubbed and the front-cover label is lightly soiled & stained. vi, [1] leaf & 66 pages. The inner edges of the pages are darkened. Good. <p>The author [a Fellow and Tutor of Corpus Christi College, Oxford University] proposes a pessimistic future for man and suggests how it may be avoided.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28793
- Title
- TANTALUS OR THE FUTURE OF MAN
- Author
- Schiller, F. C. S
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1924).
- Date Published
- (1924).
- Keywords
- ANTHROPOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; TANTALUS OR THE FUTURE OF MAN; F. C. S. SCHILLER.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...