Golden Tales of Anatole France
by France, Anatole
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- g
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd Mead, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. g. L. A. Patterson. 8vo. ix, 352 pp. Gilt decorated black buckram binding with dj. Some wearing to edges. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Spine of dj sunned. Hinges starting to crack but still holding. Illustrated endpapers. Frontis. Collection of short stories. Decorated with many b/w drawings and pictures. Top edge originally black now faded. Else, in good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9210
- Title
- Golden Tales of Anatole France
- Author
- France, Anatole
- Illustrator
- L. A. Patterson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Dodd Mead
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Short stories, The Procurator of Judea, Olivier's bag, Crainquebelle, Jacques Anatole François Thibault, French writer
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
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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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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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