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Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux
by L'Abbe A.-F. Prevost
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris : Ernest Flammarion Undated but illustrations dated 1913. A very good copy of this classic work, with 28 full page black and white plates by the painter and illustrator, Charles Atamian. Spine in dark blue morocco with gilt decoration and raised bands, board marbled and with marbled endpapers. Spine is showing wear to bands, joints and top and bottom where there is slight pulling. Boards showing slight wear to edges. It has 2 title pages (the first with red lettering) and a preface by Marcel Prevost. First title page and preliminaries are browned but the rest of the contents are in very good condition
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030736
- Title
- Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux
- Author
- L'Abbe A.-F. Prevost
- Illustrator
- Charles Atamian
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ernest Flammarion
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Keywords
- Manon Lescaut, Charles Atamian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
Terms of Sale
E C Books
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
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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...
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