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The Toilers of the Sea
by Hugo, Victor
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Heritage Press, 1961. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Tranquillo Marangoni. A sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover copy of a Heritage Press title, being a First Edition Thus. Clean, bright, unmarked interior, minimal rubbing to extremities, though with a sunned spine (to light green) having been preserved well in a Fair condition, paper-covered cardboard slipcase that has been neatly tape-repaired along two edges. Bound handsomely in green cloth over boards, black lettering and illustration to front cover, lettering to spine. From a collection of three dozen Heritage Press titles that belonged to an Eastern Washington professional botanist. Complete with the Sandglass newsletter. The Heritage Press operated from 1937 - 1982 and was created by George Macy, who managed with editors the reprinting of volumes from the Limited Editions Club, thus enabling fine printing exemplars to trickle down to a broader public still thirsty, newly thirsty, for classic nineteenth-century novels and biographies. Victor Hugo's novel was translated from the original French by Isabel F. Hapgood, and with an Introduction by Matthew Josephson, and with beautiful woodcut engravings by Tranquillo Marangoni. xix [5], 5-578 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Synopsis
Toilers of the Sea, is a novel by Victor Hugo. The book is dedicated to the island of Guernsey, where Hugo spent 15 years in exile.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 353746
- Title
- The Toilers of the Sea
- Author
- Hugo, Victor
- Illustrator
- Tranquillo Marangoni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Heritage Press Fine Press Fine Printing Limited Editions Club Sandglass Newsletter Victor Hugo Tranquillo Marangoni Matthew Josephson
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