ATALA: Or the Love and Constancy of Two Savages in the Desert
by Chateaubriand, F. A. and Caleb Bingham (translator) and William Leonard Schwartz (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Stanford University, California: Stanford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1930]. Hardcover. Maroon cloth cover with blind stamped border on top cover. Spine has white panel/label with black printing and decorative red border. This label is lightly soiled. There is very minimal wear to cover, Binding sound and tight. Top edge tinted purple. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste down endpaper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Frontis is engraving of a funeral game, frontis from 1803 publication reproduced in text. Lacking DJ. ; The Stanford Miscellany; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 114 pages .
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- Bookseller
- James F. Balsley, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9164
- Title
- ATALA: Or the Love and Constancy of Two Savages in the Desert
- Author
- Chateaubriand, F. A. and Caleb Bingham (translator) and William Leonard Schwartz (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Stanford University, California
- Date Published
- [1930]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Ancient History; Anthropology; American West; Native American; Exploration;
Terms of Sale
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
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About the Seller
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Williamsburg, Virginia
About James F. Balsley, Bookseller
My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Soiled
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Countries & Cultures North America United States West
- History Western History United States History
- History History by Period Ancient History
- Social Sciences Cultures & Social Groups Native American
- Social Sciences Anthropology
- Travel & Exploration Exploration
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