Balzac
by Saltus, Edgar
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original tan cloth, printed paper label (rubbed), 16-pages publisher's advertisements at back, name erased from lower endpaper,
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884. First edition. Frontispiece portrait of Balzac. 1 vols. 8vo. Original tan cloth, printed paper label (rubbed), 16-pages publisher's advertisements at back, name erased from lower endpaper, slight browning, staining or soiling but generally a very good copy. First edition. Frontispiece portrait of Balzac. 1 vols. 8vo. First book. Saltus's fine biography of Balzac, his first book and published in an edition of 788 copies. BAL 17128; Seven Gables First Books 242
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32930
- Title
- Balzac
- Author
- Saltus, Edgar
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece portrait of Balzac. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original tan cloth, printed paper label (rubbed), 16-pages publisher's advertisements at back, name erased from lower endpaper,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- American
Terms of Sale
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The Old Mill Bookshop
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