Fables De La Fontaine - A Selection
by Jean de La Fontaine
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan and Co, 1923. Hardcover. Good. 1923. Reprint. 209 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. From the Macmillan's Primary series. Introduction and notes by Louis M Moriarty. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. Book is written in English and French. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper and pastedown. Boards have some edge wear, with moderate bumping to corners, while spine ends are slightly crushed. A bit scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Blotchy browning in places. Spine is noticeably sunned. Book has a moderate forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1628712955DPB
- Title
- Fables De La Fontaine - A Selection
- Author
- Jean de La Fontaine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Date Published
- 1923
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...