The Life of Marie Antoinette. Queen of France;
by Yonge, Charles Duke
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Selkirk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Hurst and Brackett, 1877;. Second edition. Revised. In One Volume. Good/ No dust jacket. xvi, 432pp with tissue guarded Portrait frontis. Attractive Bookplate for William Arthur Sixth Duke of Portland on front pastedown. Purple boards with blind embossed decoration on front , gilt title on very sunned spine. Colour very faded at edges on front & back. .
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- Bookseller
- Wheen O'Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20350
- Title
- The Life of Marie Antoinette. Queen of France;
- Author
- Yonge, Charles Duke
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Hurst and Brackett, 1877;
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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....
- 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...
- Jacket
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- Bookplate
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- 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...