- Seller Inventory #: 030130-K14
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: No Dust Jacket
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company
- Date published: 1924
- Keywords: NIETZSCHE CASANOVA ZOLA HUYSMANS ST. FRANCIS ESSAYS LITERARY CRITICISM LITERATURE PHILOSOPHY NINETEENTH CENTURY
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924 Cloth. Good+/No Dj. Second Edition. 9 x 6". Rubbing on spine and ends, cover shows some wear, otherwise vg. Pages clean + tight. No dust jacket. Essays on major figures of the eighteenth and nineteent h centuries: Nietzsche, Casanova, Zola, Huysmans; also an essay on St. Francis and others. New preface for 2nd edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
vg : Very Good condition. can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
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. Also known as the back.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
