The Battle Summer: Being Transcripts from Personal Observation in Paris, During the Year 1848
by MARVEL, Ik [pseud. Donald Grant Mitchell]
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner, 1853. Octavo (19cm). Purple cloth, gilt arms to front and back, titled in gilt on spine; yellow endpapers; [iv], viii, [2], 289pp; illustrated title page and frontispiece. Ex-library with bookplate to front pastedown, charge slip to rear endpapers, and call number to spine. A straight, tight copy, rubbed, spine sunned: Very Good.
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Details
- Seller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 55972
- Title
- The Battle Summer: Being Transcripts from Personal Observation in Paris, During the Year 1848
- Author
- MARVEL, Ik [pseud. Donald Grant Mitchell]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1853
- Bookseller catalogs
- France;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...