On Life and Letters (First and Second Series) [The Works of Anatole France in an English Translation edited by Frederick Chapman]
by France, Anatole [tr. A.W.Evans]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F-/F-
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1911 1911/1914. F-/F-. 2 vols. 8vo. original red cloth gilt, teg vol. 1, tail edge uncut vol 2. (endpapers offset, a few marks to leaf edges, faint crease to FFE vol. 2, otherwise clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & frayed, tiny worn spot to spine vol. 1, small bookseller's label to spine vol. 2, else fine); pp. xviii (last blank), 318, 16 (pubs. cat.), with decorations; xviii (last blank), 338, [4 (pubs. cat.)], with decorations. A near fine set in exceedingly well preserved early dustwrappers, scarce thus.. First English. Hard Cover. F-/F-.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016678
- Title
- On Life and Letters (First and Second Series) [The Works of Anatole France in an English Translation edited by Frederick Chapman]
- Author
- France, Anatole [tr. A.W.Evans]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Jacket Condition
- F-
- Edition
- First English
- Publisher
- John Lane, The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Anatole France
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