Fables
by La Fontaine
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Topeka, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: H. M. Caldwell Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. N/D Ca. 1881. Superb Edition. Bound in embossed and gilt and color decorated light orange cloth. Covers show some soiling and general wear with rubbed spine ends. Former owner's name penciled on FFEP. Hinges tight, binding very slightly loose. Text remains clean. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 906
- Title
- Fables
- Author
- La Fontaine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- H. M. Caldwell Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
Terms of Sale
Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
Major credit cards and PayPal accepted via our website. Other payment options are available by phone or mail. 30-day term offered to institutions, for all others payment is expected with the order.
About the Seller
Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
Biblio member since 2014
Topeka, Kansas
About Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
We sell antiquarian and gently used books specializing in all things Kansas. We also offer a large selection of books for children, vintage young adult & series books; Agriculture; Psychology; Militaria and Western Americana.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....