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Balzac's Horse and Other Stories
by Hofmann, Gert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 088064074X
- ISBN 13
- 9780880640749
- Seller
-
Brooksville, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York: Fromm International Publishing Company, 1988. First U. S. Edition (so stated) . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Volume itself has white covers with black lettering on the spine. 200 pages, interior of book is clean and binding is tight. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. No apparent underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, no owner names, not ex-libris, no remainder marks, no folded or dogeared pages, no foxing, no smudges. The half title page has a pair of opera glasses with lorgnette handle drawn in in black; possibly done by the author, I do not know. The work was selected and translated by Christopher Middleton. A quite nice copy, available for immediate shipment.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Lasseter, Jr. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0008038
- Title
- Balzac's Horse and Other Stories
- Author
- Hofmann, Gert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U. S. Edition (so stated)
- ISBN 10
- 088064074X
- ISBN 13
- 9780880640749
- Publisher
- Fromm International Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Balzac's Horse and Other Stories. Hofmann, Gert. Middleton, Christopher.
Terms of Sale
James Lasseter, Jr.
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About the Seller
James Lasseter, Jr.
Biblio member since 2018
Brooksville, Florida
About James Lasseter, Jr.
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- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
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- 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....