CASTLES AND CHATEAUX OF OLD TOURAINE AND THE LOIRE COUNTRY.
by Miltoun, Francis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: L.C. Page & Co., 1966. hardcover. Very good. With many illustrations reproduced from paintings made on the spot by Blanche McManus. Octavo, pictorial cloth covers with gilt titles, top edge gilt. xi, 347 pages. Includes folding map. Former owner library label on front paste-down endpaper. Includes index. No dust jacket. 070400B
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020742
- Title
- CASTLES AND CHATEAUX OF OLD TOURAINE AND THE LOIRE COUNTRY.
- Author
- Miltoun, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- L.C. Page & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...