THE ADVENTURES OF FRANCOIS - Foundling, Thief, Juggler, and Fencing Master during the French Revolution
by Mitchell, S. Weir
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Century Co., 1898. Orange hardcover cloth binding has cocked spine, bumped corners with boards showing through top of spine, rubbed along spine, soiled, secure and tight. Back hinge good = pencil marks inside back cover. Hinge crack with paper split in front by half-title page after list of illustraion. 15 B/w glossy full page plates including frontispiece - all securely intact. Foxing and some smudges throughout. 321 pages. 24 chapters + Epilogue following the live of an adventurer during the French Revolution.. Illus. by illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010715
- Title
- THE ADVENTURES OF FRANCOIS - Foundling, Thief, Juggler, and Fencing Master during the French Revolution
- Author
- Mitchell, S. Weir
- Illustrator
- illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Century Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction - Adult;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.