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The Road to Serfdom
by Hayek, F. A. [Friedrich August]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, New York: G. Routledge and Sons, 1944. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, SECOND IMPRESSION. Octavo, Pp. 184. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Clean pages, the top corners of a handful of pages turned down, clean and tightly bound. In original "First State" Jacket which is not price clipped. Fraying to spine and edges, light chipping and loss to front panel and corners. The jacket is identical to that of the first printing and examples of it are rarely found. Inscription to front of jacket and contemporary name and date ( 1944 ) to verso of front board. .
Synopsis
The Road to Serfdom is a book written by Friedrich von Hayek (recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1974) which transformed the landscape of political thought in the 20th century, shifting the terms of debate for millions of people across the political spectrum.
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- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016581
- Title
- The Road to Serfdom
- Author
- Hayek, F. A. [Friedrich August]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- G. Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London, New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- FIRST EDITION,The Road to Serfdom,Hayek, F. A. [Friedrich August]
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Glossary
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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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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