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Mistress Branican, translated by A. Estoclet
by Verne, Jules; L. Benett illus
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Arrowsic, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Cassell Publishing Company,1891. Hardcover. Sm 8vo (8.25" x 5.5"), olive green pictorial cloth, gilt. 377 pp., engraved plates. Early ownership inscription in ink on ffep. CONDITION: Good, rubbed, edges worn, foot of spine fraying, title-page a bit soiled, text toned, one slightly sprung gathering, slight damp-stains at fore-edge. First edition, first state of the large octavo American edition. REFERENCES: Taves & Michaluk V038; Myers 41.
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- Bookseller
- James Arsenault & Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8153
- Title
- Mistress Branican, translated by A. Estoclet
- Author
- Verne, Jules; L. Benett illus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Cassell Publishing Company,1891
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About the Seller
James Arsenault & Company
Biblio member since 2021
Arrowsic, Maine
About James Arsenault & Company
James Arsenault & Company was established in 1988. Our stock consists of Americana, literature, fine press, early photography, plate books, trade catalogs, autographs & manuscripts, ephemera, maps, and historical prints, as well as fine and rare books and pamphlets in a variety of fields. We are members in good standing of the ABAA and ILAB, and have exhibited for many years at numerous rare book fairs in both the northeast and in California. We do not have an open shop, but welcome your inquiries regarding items in our stock possibly of interest to you.
Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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....
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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