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L'Etui De Nacre
by France, Anatole
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Calmann-Levy, Editeurs, 1923. Edition Revue Et Corrigee Par L'Auteur. Very good+ in 3/4 brown leather and marbled paper covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with two black leather text labels and gilt rules in the compartments. The end sheets are marbled and the top edge of the text block is gilt. A 12mo of 7 1/8 by 4 1/2 inches with the leather worn through at the upper fore corner of the front board and with lighter rubbing at the front joint and lower edges of the boards. 310 pages printed entirely in French. The binding was by Dorbon of Paris and New Yorl A handsome and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB31541
- Title
- L'Etui De Nacre
- Author
- France, Anatole
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Edition Revue Et Corrigee Par L'Auteur
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Calmann-Levy, Editeurs
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1923
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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