En Balade [TEXT IN FRENCH] (SCARCE 1897 FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY TO LADY DILKE)
by Gyp (pseud. Sybille-Gabrielle Marie-Antionette De Riquetti De Mirabeau, Comtesse De Martel De Janville)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris, France: Montgredien, 1897. VG. First edition. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, inscribed 'A Lady Dilke, Affectment homage de Bob et de Gyp'. Lady Emelia Dilke, (1840-1904), was an English author and historian of French art. Illustrated with charming colour illustrations by Bob (in fact, the author). Bound in brown cloth, with lettering in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Originally published in pictorial wrappers, which are bound in the rear of the book. Spotting to endpapers; else a very good copy of a RARE copy SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Presentation Copy From The Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Petit Bob.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18824
- Title
- En Balade [TEXT IN FRENCH] (SCARCE 1897 FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY TO LADY DILKE)
- Author
- Gyp (pseud. Sybille-Gabrielle Marie-Antionette De Riquetti De Mirabeau, Comtesse De Martel De Janville)
- Illustrator
- Petit Bob
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Montgredien
- Place of Publication
- Paris, France
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Petit Bob. Bob. Illustrated. French Language. French Books. Books In French. Lady Dilke. Literature. French Literature. Nineteenth Century Books. Nineteenth Century Literature.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Nineteenth Century Literature;
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- Cloth
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Gilt
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- Inscribed
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- First Edition
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- VG
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- Spine
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