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First edition

Readings in Social Psychology

Theodore M. Newcomb and Eugene L. Hartley
Henry Holt and Company, 1947. First edition, first printing.
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Title page: NEW YORK · 1947 / HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
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Copyright verso: 'Copyright 1947 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc.'
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Single dated printing 'October, 1947' with no later dates listed
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Spine imprint: NEWCOMB · HARTLEY AND OTHERS / HOLT
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No book-club blind stamp on rear board; cloth boards (trade issue)
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Flaws, each one named
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Heavy staining/spotting to rear board
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Overall soiling and toning to tan cloth boards
noted on the copy in hand
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Worn/chipped spine head with gap at top of text block
see it — photograph 8
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Toning and light foxing to page-block edges
see it — photograph 9
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Chipped/torn corner to page 170/171
see it — photograph 5
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Toned endpapers and text stock
noted on the copy in hand
This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947, first printing. Holt of this era dates its printings on the copyright verso; a first carries only the initial printing date with no later dates added. This copy reads 'Copyright 1947 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc.' with a single dated printing 'October, 1947' and no later-printing lines.

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