Bourru, soldat de Vauquois
by Jean des Vignes Rouges (pseudonym of Jean Taboureau)
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie académique Perrin et Compagnie, 1917. A LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT OF THE AUTHOR'S BOOKS, A WORLD WAR I NOVEL WRITTEN JUST AFTER THE AUTHOR FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, AND PUBLISHED WHILE THE WAR WAS STILL RAGING. 4, 299 pp. ONE OF ONLY 25 NUMBERED LARGE-PAPER COPIES PRINTED ON FINE LAFUMA WOVE PAPER, the only large-paper issue. 8vo. Attractively bound in quarter calf and marbled boards by Franz (signed). Original wraps and backstrip preserved. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Silk ribbon page marker. FINE AND BRIGHT.
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- Bookseller
- Cole & Contreras (ES)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39079
- Title
- Bourru, soldat de Vauquois
- Author
- Jean des Vignes Rouges (pseudonym of Jean Taboureau)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Librairie académique Perrin et Compagnie
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- colelit first world war wwi novel
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- Literature;
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About the Seller
Cole & Contreras
Biblio member since 2004
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona
About Cole & Contreras
We are located in sunny Sitges, on the Mediterranean Coast, half an hour from Barcelona. We have been dealing in rare books since 1991.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Marbled boards
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...