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SCENES ET EPISODES de L'HISTOIRE NATIONALE illustres de 60 compositions inedites (1st ed)
by Seignobos, Charles 9f
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE book. Orig half black morocco. Green marbled paper boards.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Armand Colin. FINE book. Orig half black morocco. Green marbled paper boards.. 1891. 1st edition.. Hardcover. FINE book. Folio 32x26x5.5(cm) 315pp. 5 gilt dotted raised ribs Author/title gilt lettered on 2nd panel. Fabric page marker. . Marbled eps. Cover w a few tiny rubbed spots but NO wear. All 3 text block edges spotless. Pristine inside BUT several pages not bound in as tight as should have been. This is not a wear/use problem, rather a problem when first bound. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001647
- Title
- SCENES ET EPISODES de L'HISTOIRE NATIONALE illustres de 60 compositions inedites (1st ed)
- Author
- Seignobos, Charles 9f
- Illustrator
- illus w many b/w plates.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE book. Orig half black morocco. Green marbled paper boards.
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Publisher
- Armand Colin
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- FINE book. Folio 32x26x5.5(cm) 315pp. 5 gilt dotted raised ribs, Author/title gilt lettered on 2nd panel. Fabric page marker., 11t
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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