The Stranger in France: Or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris
by Carr, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, pages toned and foxed.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Brattleboro, [VT]: William Fessendeh for Isaiah Thomas. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, pages toned and foxed.. 1806. Hardcover. Brown tree calf with gilt-titled leather spine label. Early American printing of this travelogue of the English author's adventures in France, first published in England in 1803. Contemporary owner signature on front flyleaf (E. J. King? ). ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 288 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50491
- Title
- The Stranger in France: Or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris
- Author
- Carr, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, pages toned and foxed.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Fessendeh for Isaiah Thomas
- Place of Publication
- Brattleboro, [VT]
- Date Published
- 1806
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 18th Century Travels, France
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Adventure;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine Label
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- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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