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Oddities and outlines: volumes 1 and 2
by Mangin, Edward. (E. M.)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Ibstock, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
J Carpenter. Fair. 1806. First Edition. Hardcover. Pair of small format hardbacks bound in half leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Paste-downs and end papers marbled. Both volumes rubbed and edges worn. Leather spine on Vol 2 is missing. Some foxing and pages age toned. Book plate on both front paste-downs. Vol 1 192 pages and Vol 2 240 pages. The volumes contain a series of letters written while walking through France just after the Revolution. The author was not impressed by Paris 'her long streets are in general narrow and nasty' but liked Avignon 'this venerable old town' .
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- Bookseller
- Aucott & Thomas
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34756
- Title
- Oddities and outlines: volumes 1 and 2
- Author
- Mangin, Edward. (E. M.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J Carpenter
- Date Published
- 1806
- Keywords
- Travel, Walking tours, France, French Revolution
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / English;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Aucott & Thomas
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Ibstock, Leicestershire
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Fair
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- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First Edition
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