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Huit Siecles de Poesie Francaise
by B H Chamberlain (editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Hythe, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Payot, 1927. 1st Edition . Half Leather. Very Good. First edition. Hardback, rebound in half-leather by Hatchette of London, in blue leather with five raised bands and gilt titling to the spine and marbled boards. Top edge gilt. 18.5 × 11.5cm, 762pp. French text. A collection of French poetry from Marie de France (12th century) through to Charles Peguy and the twentieth century via Victor Hugo, Mallarme, Jean de la Fontaine etc. Condition: This copy is in very good condition, there is a very little scuffing to the spine but the leather is in otherwise very good condition. Internally, the pages are clean and the binding is secure. Neat previous owner's name to ffep.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cox and Budge Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009755
- Title
- Huit Siecles de Poesie Francaise
- Author
- B H Chamberlain (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Half Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Payot
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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