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A Popular History of France from The First Revolution to the Present Time - Three Volumes
by Martin, Henri; Translated by Mary L Booth and A L Alger
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Dana Estes and Charles E Lauriat, 1877. Hardcover. Very Good. A DeNeuville, Leopold Flaming, G Staal, Viollat, Philippoteaux, Lienard, and others. I, II, III Three volume hardcover set in good to very good condition. Solid boards with tiny- pebbled maroon leather cover and deeper maroon corners and spine edged in gold gilt. Decorative raised bands on spine with a section used for title, a section used for author and volume, rest of bands with decorative scroll. Vol I has gold printing / decoratives well rubbed and off along most of center of spine; Vol II and Vol III still quite crisp and clear. Rubbing and wear along corners and extremities. Vol I has a section of front board with area of ""blotch"" - as if someone had rubbed too hard when cleaning. Marbled endpapers in all volumes in orange, blue, and maroon. All Volumes have a bookplate pasted on verso of front board but no handwriting or previous ownership noted. All edges marbled with orange, blue, and maroon, showing only very mild fading (see photos.) All hinges very good with no cracks or tears. Interior text block is clean and tight with no markings or writings noted. Papers show only ghost of age toning. Volume I: copyright 1877, 25 Chapters, 672 pages, 9 steel engravings, 52 illustrations. Volume II: copyright 1878, 27 Chapters, 697 pages, 8 steel engravings, 65 illustrations. Volume III: copyright 1882, 25 Chapters, 628 pages followed by a General Index for all three volumes on pgs 629-660. All steel engravings preceded by a tissue guard. Interestingly, the steel endgraved frontipiece in Volume III is a portrait of the author, Henri Martin. A note on the title page of Volume III states ""... concluding Chapters by Frederick Martin.""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000327
- Title
- A Popular History of France from The First Revolution to the Present Time - Three Volumes
- Author
- Martin, Henri; Translated by Mary L Booth and A L Alger
- Illustrator
- A DeNeuville, Leopold Flaming, G Staal, Viollat, Philippoteaux, Lienard, and others
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dana Estes and Charles E Lauriat
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1877
- Keywords
- France, France - History 1789 to 1900, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of Europe;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- G
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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