THE ROMANCE OF OLD BELGIUM - FROM CAESAR TO KAISER
by Champney, Elizabeth and Frere
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. Blue hardcover cloth binding with gilt decoration and titles clean, square and tight. 432 yellowing pages with ads in back - no writing tears or marks. Piece of newspaper with short article inserted after last page of text leaves stain. Dustjacket soiled, yelllowed, lots of chips and tears along edges. Protected now in clean Brodart. List of other books by author on back of DJ. Author tells the romantic story of Belgium which unfolds in a web of rich history and tradition.. Illus. by over 90 illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012669
- Title
- THE ROMANCE OF OLD BELGIUM - FROM CAESAR TO KAISER
- Author
- Champney, Elizabeth and Frere
- Illustrator
- over 90 illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1915
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-Fiction - Adult, General;
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Deja Vu Books
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
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Poplar Grove, Illinois
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...