A Book About Paris
by Adam, George and Pearl Adam
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1920. circa 1920. 192 pp. with 16 color plates plus numerous additional plates in sepia. Speaks to the roadways of Paris (the spine and the vertebrae), the streets of Paris, the people, the homes, the children, village life, government and much more. Three quarter leather with inlaid design on front and rear covers. Raised spine with gilt lettering. Gilt top edge. The volume is beautifuk, clean, tight and clear with remarkable pictorial renditions. Light water stain on left side of cover. Text tight and clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006272
- Title
- A Book About Paris
- Author
- Adam, George and Pearl Adam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- Paris France
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-Fiction;
Terms of Sale
DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Books may be returned within 7 days if not satisfied.
About the Seller
DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia
About DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Specializing in quality military history books on the Napoleonic Wars, Civil War, WWI and WWII, German military and Vietnam. We also sell new Schiffer and Fedorowicz military books.
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- Cloth
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- Tight
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- 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...