Album der Boudoirs. 1838; Album der Boudoirs. Europa 1839 (two volumes bound as one)
by August Lewald, editor, Friedrich von Shiller, et al
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Stuttgart, Germany: Literatur Comptoir; Stuttgart, 1838, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Text in German. (2 volumes bound in 1). Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, [6] + 192 pages + 36 black and white plates; 192 + 80 pages + 51 black and white plates; decorative brown cloth. A good, sound hardcover copy overall; interior very good, clean, binding solid, paper cream white with scattered foxing; exterior cloth generally worn at all edges, fore-corner tips worn through to boards, spine cloth frayed at top and bottom edges. An anthology of poetry and illustrations drawn from various works. This copy could be very nicely rebound or used as is.
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- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20492
- Title
- Album der Boudoirs. 1838; Album der Boudoirs. Europa 1839 (two volumes bound as one)
- Author
- August Lewald, editor, Friedrich von Shiller, et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Literatur Comptoir; Stuttgart
- Place of Publication
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Date Published
- 1838, 1839
- Keywords
- German language; Poetry; Verse; Limited edition; Illustration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
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