At The Sign Of The Reine Pedauque (The Definitive Edition)
by FRANCE, ANATOLE
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd-Mead & Company, 1922. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Ex-Library 1922 Hardcover Ex-Lib Book in Good Condition. No jacket. First Published 1893. Introduction by William J. Locke. Anatole France (1844-1924) won the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1921. French dramatist, novelist and critic. This novel, an urbane satire, originally published 1893. Read and enjoy meeting Abbe Coignard, a lovable and complex scapegrace, in this vast tableau of life in 18th century France. Binding of black cloth with gilt design over entire front panel with title panel gilt edged, gilt lettered; same design on spine, gilt lettered. Solid, tight book with sewn binding. Light edge wear, with scuffing to lower front corner. The rear panel has a whitish stain and discoloration and is faded on upper edge. Endpapers have green and white period illustration of a lady in a garden. Except for lib markings, internals are very clean, unmarked, no tears, no creases, pages moderately toned. Rough cut. Pocket on front endpaper, other Lib marks minimal. Quite a handsome volume. x plus 275 pages. 5.25 x 7.5 inches. Dodd-Mead & Co., NY 1922.
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- Seller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 008617
- Title
- At The Sign Of The Reine Pedauque (The Definitive Edition)
- Author
- FRANCE, ANATOLE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dodd-Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 12mo - over 6?" - 7?"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FRENCH LITERATURE 19TH CENTURY;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Classics;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.