MANON LESCAUT
by PREVOST, L'Abbe (John AUSTEN)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Light soiling to spine. Near Fine
- Seller
-
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Light soiling to spine. Near Fine. John Austen. Large quarto (10" x 12-1/4") bound in blue cloth with a white vellum spine. Introduction by J. Lewis May. Frontispiece and 11 other color plates along with 26 in-text illustrations by John Austen, with a decorative border on each page. Copy #325 of 500 SIGNED by the artist on the limitation page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015840
- Title
- MANON LESCAUT
- Author
- PREVOST, L'Abbe (John AUSTEN)
- Illustrator
- John Austen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light soiling to spine. Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Bles
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Color Plates, Illustrated Books, Signed, John Austen, Limited, French Literature, 18th Century Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- 18th Century Literature; French Literature;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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