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Mademoiselle de la Seigliere. Comedie en Quatre Actes et en Prose
by Sandeau, Jules
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Savage, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Bound in three quarter dark green leather over marbled paper covered boards with raised bands and gilt title to spine. Wear and rubbing to leather. Minor wear to edges and corners. Rubbing to boards. Bookplate of Franklin Johnston to front pastedown. Marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. Corner of front free endpaper is no longer present. Original light blue paper wrappers are bound in. Minor foxing to interior. Clean overall. Attractive book despite noted condition issues. 123 pages. FRE/051420.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Kelmscott Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34025
- Title
- Mademoiselle de la Seigliere. Comedie en Quatre Actes et en Prose
- Author
- Sandeau, Jules
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Michel Levy Freres
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1851
Terms of Sale
The Kelmscott Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Savage, Maryland
About The Kelmscott Bookshop
Our bookshop is open by appointment only in Historic Savage Mill. We specialize in artists' books, private press, William Morris, and general rare and antique books.
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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