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Sappho: Parisian Manners. A Realistic Novel
by Alphonse Daudet
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Only
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Vizetelly & Co., 1886. Cloth. Good Only. 7.5" by 5". Montegut. An early edition of this English translation of Alphonse Daudet's realistic novel. Sixth thousand. Translated from the 100th French Edition. A realistic novel by Alphonse Daudet, French novelist of the nineteenth century. Illustrated with a portrait of the author and thirty engravings from designed by Montegut. With additional vignette title page. Twenty-four leaves of publisher's catalogue to rear. in the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, damp marking to boards. Spine gently cocked forward. Frontispiece and vignette title page may detach with further handling. Binding slightly tender. Minor handling mark to odd leaf, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Occasional leaf unopened. Good Only
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 858A22
- Title
- Sappho: Parisian Manners. A Realistic Novel
- Author
- Alphonse Daudet
- Illustrator
- Montegut
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Vizetelly & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1886
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- alphonse daudet english edition translations world literature english edition
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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