The Household of the Lafayettes
by Sichel, Edith
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Family History Includes before, during and after the French Revolution and Reign of Terror and the Napoleonic period. Frontis illus. an engraved full-length portrait protected by tissue guard. Blue cloth cover with multiple blind-stamped Fleur-de-lys motif on front. Bright gilt lettering on front & spine. Top page edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. 354 pages + publisher's adverts. Strip of cloth tape at bottom of spine and several whitish spots on front and back probably due to paint spatter. School label and stamps on endpapers. Ffep removed. No inscriptions except old penciled price. Pages in very good, clean condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Swan Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100069
- Title
- The Household of the Lafayettes
- Author
- Sichel, Edith
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Pages
- 354
- Size
- 9" Tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Biography/Historical/French Revolution/Napoleonic
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Antiquarian;
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White Swan Books
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- FFEP
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- Gilt
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