LES CHANSONS DE BILITIS TRADUITES DU GREC. ACCOMPAGNEES DE 300 GRAVURES ET DE 24 PLANCHES EN COULEURS HORS TEXTE PAR NOTOR D'APRES DES DOCUMENTS AUTHENTIQUES DES MUSEES D'EUROPE
by LOUYS, PIERRE
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo, xii, 356. Coloured illustrations throughout. Half morocco with paper boards, top edge gilt. Spine with five raised bands and gilt lettering to second compartment. Spine faded and lightly scuffed, edges of boards sunned but a clean and tight binding. Bookplate to paste-down endpaper. A nice clean and tight copy.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2673
- Title
- LES CHANSONS DE BILITIS TRADUITES DU GREC. ACCOMPAGNEES DE 300 GRAVURES ET DE 24 PLANCHES EN COULEURS HORS TEXTE PAR NOTOR D'APRES DES DOCUMENTS AUTHENTIQUES DES MUSEES D'EUROPE
- Author
- LOUYS, PIERRE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1900
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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