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GABRIELLE D'ESTREES. A Volume in The Royal Library Historical Series
by DESCLOZEAUX, Adrien
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1907. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Full Leather. Near Fine. Octavo. Signed fine binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London England for Marshall Field and Company. Bound in full blue leather with raised bands spine, gilt decoration spine, gilt lettering on red leather spine labels, gilt floral interdentales, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ribbon bookmark, laid paper. In marbled paper covered slipcase. Near fine copy in near fine slipcase. A beautifully bound copy. vi, 330 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 08860
- Title
- GABRIELLE D'ESTREES. A Volume in The Royal Library Historical Series
- Author
- DESCLOZEAUX, Adrien
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arthur L. Humphreys
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2006
Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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