The Girl with the Golden Eyes [La Fille Aux Yeux D'Or]
by Balzac, Honore De
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
[Chicago, 1928]: Privately Printed/The Peacock Press. Octavo. Unopened, 145(1)pp. translated by Ernest Dowson and illustrated in two states (black and white and very rich color) by Donald Denton. A lovely copy with beautiful color illustrations with tissue guards, bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards with marbled endpapers, spine lettered and decorated in gilt top edge gilt. minor spot of rubbing to head. A fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022315
- Title
- The Girl with the Golden Eyes [La Fille Aux Yeux D'Or]
- Author
- Balzac, Honore De
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Privately Printed/The Peacock Press
- Place of Publication
- [Chicago, 1928]
- Keywords
- Color Illustrated Lesbianism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...