MADAME DE POMPADOUR
by Mitford, Nancy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
London Hamish Hamilton 1954, 1954. Hardcover. Collectible - Fine/Near Fine. Small quarto, hardcover, blue boards with gilt decorations, fine in near fine black price-clipped pictorial dj. First printing. Beautiful painting endpapers in b & w., 304 pp. including index. Louis XV's mistress. Mitford describes the life of Mdm Pompadour, her rise to power and her great talents as a patron of the arts; the glittering court, complicated threads of politics; superbly illustrated. A very attractive, well-preserved book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75910
- Title
- MADAME DE POMPADOUR
- Author
- Mitford, Nancy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London Hamish Hamilton 1954
- Date Published
- 1954
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bookwitch
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Concord, California
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...