LA LEGION D'HONNEUR: The Legion of Honour
by Col. Roger Brunschwig
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
Paris: Privately Published, 1968. First French Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (71 pages, 6 color illustrations, 3 black & white illustrations.). Limited, numbered edition of 1500 copies, of which this is number 729. The history and regulations of the Order, by a holder of the Grand Cross. A beautiful book, with text in French and English. A very good copy, spine & edges of covers a bit sunned, hinges starting to split at spine head, front hinge a bit delicate, issued without dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Chartwell Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39155
- Title
- LA LEGION D'HONNEUR: The Legion of Honour
- Author
- Col. Roger Brunschwig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First French Edition
- Publisher
- Privately Published
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo (71 pages, 6 color illustrat
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....