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THE MEMOIRS OF LOUIS DE ROUVROY DUC DE SAINT-SIMON COVERING THE YEARS 1691 - 1723
by SAINT-SIMON
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Tasteful bookplate on each front pastedown; slight browning to endpaper gutters. Near Fine in torn glassines and a Near Fine sli
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on each front pastedown; slight browning to endpaper gutters. Near Fine in torn glassines and a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip. Pierre Brissaud. Two large octavo (6-1/2" x 10") volumes bound in gilt-decorated red cloth. Selected, translated, and edited by Desmond Flower. Illustrated with drawings by Pierre Brissaud reproduced as gravures and hand-colored in the Walter Fischer Studio. Copy #201 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021592
- Title
- THE MEMOIRS OF LOUIS DE ROUVROY DUC DE SAINT-SIMON COVERING THE YEARS 1691 - 1723
- Author
- SAINT-SIMON
- Illustrator
- Pierre Brissaud
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Tasteful bookplate on each front pastedown; slight browning to endpaper gutters. Near Fine in torn glassines and a Near Fine sli
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- [New York]
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Signed, Illustrated Books, Hand-Colored Plates, French Royalty, France, Limited Editions Club, Hand-Colored Plates, Color Plate Books, Memoirs, Fine Press, Pierre Brissaud
- Bookseller catalogs
- French Literature; Hand-Colored Plates;
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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