La Fée Des Iles (the Fairy Of The Isles)
by Maël, Pierre (Pseudonym Of Charles Causse and Charles Vincent)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Modesto, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris, France: Librairie Hachette Et Cie. Very Good+. 1904. Gift edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a possible first edition, but more likely a gift edition for the Christmas trade. This title is entirely in FRENCH. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book is in red cloth, with gilt and black lettering and decoration. The lettering and decorations on the spine of the book are noticeably dulled. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and beginning wear. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, though there are spots of foxing. Illustrated throughout with 48 full page black and white illustrations. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A34428
- Title
- La Fée Des Iles (the Fairy Of The Isles)
- Author
- Maël, Pierre (Pseudonym Of Charles Causse and Charles Vincent)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Gift edition
- Publisher
- Librairie Hachette Et Cie
- Place of Publication
- Paris, France
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Young Adult Ficition, Pierre Maël, Charles Causse, Charles Vincent, Adventure, Young Adult Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
Biblio member since 2003
Modesto, California
About S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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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...
- Good+
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- 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....
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