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Thaïs
by FRANCE, Anatole
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Paris: F. Ferroud [for the] Librairie des Amateurs, 1909. Paperback. Very Good. Paris, F. Ferroud [for the] Librairie des Amateurs, 1909 [first thus]. Octavo, [iv], 232 pages with colour cover- and title-vignettes and 13 etchings in the text plus a colour frontispiece (with a tissue-guard), all by Georges Rochegrosse and engraved by E. Decisy. In a fine binding of three-quarter red levant morocco and marbled boards by Rivière & Son for Henry Sotheran Ltd., retaining the original colour-pictorial wrappers; spine gilt in compartments; sides ruled with double gilt fillets; top edge gilt, others uncut; paper very lightly toned at the edges; occasional light foxing (heaviest to the frontispiece); a few openings slightly marked or spotted; edges a little dusty; an excellent copy nevertheless. Number 816 of a total edition of 1200 copies, this being one of 1050 copies on vélin d'Arches' paper, intialled 'F.F.' by the publisher François Ferroud, who had succeeded his better-known uncle André Ferroud as head of the firm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124670
- Title
- Thaïs
- Author
- FRANCE, Anatole
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- F. Ferroud [for the] Librairie des Amateurs
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1909
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
Glossary
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- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- 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...
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